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Methods: Raw 16S rRNA sequencing data from three published studies were retrieved from the NCBI Sequence Read Archive and reprocessed using a standardized bioinformatics pipeline. Amplicon sequence variants were inferred using DADA2, and taxonomic assignments were performed using BLASTN against a curated 16S rRNA reference database. Alpha and beta diversity analyses were conducted using QIIME 2 and R, and differential abundance was assessed with ANCOM-BC2. Statistical comparisons were made based on population, sex, symptomatology, and other clinical metadata. Results: A total of 38 periapical lesion samples yielded 566,223 high-confidence reads assigned to 347 bacterial species. Significant differences in microbial composition were observed between geographic regions (China vs. Spain), sexes, and symptoms. Core species such as Fretibacterium sp. HMT 360 and Porphyromonas endodontalis were prevalent across datasets. 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