Generally speaking, it ranks among the most prevalent oral diseases, obviously impacting individual oral health and quality of life ( Oxidative stress refers to the phenomenon where excessive production of oxygen free radicals and other oxidants in the cellular and extracellular environment overwhelms the bodys antioxidant defense systems, which leads to cellular functional damage (Wang et al., 2017a), (Wang et al., 2017a), ( In the management of periodontitis, antioxidant therapy has appeared as a potential treatment strategy garnering wide attention
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However, given the novelty of this therapeutic approach, the available evidence may be influenced by publication bias and early optimism, and long-term mechanistic and clinical outcome data remain limited
Peptides are short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, that play vital roles as signaling molecules in the body