Repurposing Metformin for periodontal disease management as a form of oral-systemic preventive medicine
Abstract Background Despite the improvements in treatment over the last decades, periodontal disease (PD) affects millions of people around the world and the only treatment available is based on controlling microbial load. Diabetes is known to increase the risk of PD establishment and progression, a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Translational Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04456-1 |