Smoking, tooth loss and oral hygiene practices have significant and site-specific impacts on the microbiome of oral mucosal surfaces: a cross-sectional study

Smoking, tooth loss and oral hygiene practices have significant and site-specific impacts on the microbiome of oral mucosal surfaces: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACTWe investigated bacterial colonisation patterns of healthy mucosa (buccal, tongue, palate and floor of mouth) in a cohort of adults in order to determine how smoking, tooth loss, plaque levels and oral hygiene practices impacted on mucosal colonisation. A total of 322 swabs were recovered fr...

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Main Authors: Sheila Galvin, Sviatlana Anishchuk, Claire M. Healy, Gary P. Moran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
Subjects:
Oral mucosa
microbiome
16S rRNA
smoking
tooth loss
oral hygiene
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20002297.2023.2263971

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