Cariogenic microorganisms induce oral epithelial atypia through host-microbiome-high sugar diet interactions.

NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes · 2026 · PMC13272819 · PMID 41997944

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mutans colonization, but this effect did not reach statistical significance (Fig. 1B ).

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mutans was 0.058 ( p = 0.040; 95% CI: 0.003 to 0.113), attaining borderline significance and suggesting a weakly positive association between S. mutans and dorsal hyperplasia or ventral parakeratosis.

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