Microflora and periodontal disease

Background: Periodontitis is a disease that affects and destroys the tissues that support teeth. Tissue damage results from a prolonged inflammatory response to an ecological shift in the composition of subgingival biofilms. Three bacterial species that constitute the red complex group, Porphyromona...

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Main Authors: Luca Scapoli, Ambra Girardi, Annalisa Palmieri, Tiziano Testori, Francesco Zuffetti, Riccardo Monguzzi, Dorina Lauritano, Francesco Carinci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Dental Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2012;volume=9;issue=8;spage=202;epage=206;aulast=Scapoli