Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Number of remaining teeth and frailty in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory analysis of the potential mediating role of oral health-related quality of lifeDongxin Da · Suyu Ge · Qingqing Weng · Hao Zhang · Xiaoli Zeng · Yiwei Jiang · Jin Yu · Huning Wang · Ying ZhangFrontiers in Oral Healthdoi 10.3389/froh.2026.1927873