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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 5:6:1610146.
doi: 10.3389/froh.2025.1610146. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: The association between oral health and mental health

Jing Kang  1 , Huabin Luo  2 , Jianhua Wu  3
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Editorial: The association between oral health and mental health

Jing Kang et al. Front Oral Health. .
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Keywords: anxiety; depression; mental health; oral disease; oral health.

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