“…The most prevalent chronic diseases share some modifiable risk factors with oral diseases and, therefore, may occur in the same patients [ 2 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. In addition, people with chronic diseases are more likely to have untreated dental disease and periodontitis, which may lead to tooth loss [ 2 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. Oral diseases and diabetes mellitus are an example of such overlap [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”