The study described that in adults treated with hemodialysis, poorer dental health was associated with early death, whereas preventive dental health practices were associated with longer survival. [206] Additionally, in a systematic review supplied by several submitters, studies show that patients on RRT (for example hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and/or transplantation) experience a high prevalence of dental caries, common chronic infection resulting from tooth-adherent cariogenic bacteria
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