Frontiers in Dental Medicine
Oral dysbiosis in children with renal failure: a systematic review
Introduction The oral microbiome plays an important role in maintaining host homeostasis and may interact with systemic diseases through the oral–systemic axis. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in childhood is associated with chronic inflammation, metabolic alterations, and immune dysfunction, which may influence microbial ecosystems. While intestinal dysbiosis has been widely studied in paediatric CKD, alterations in the oral microbiome remain less well understood. The aim of this study was to qualitatively synthesize …