Salivary microbial profiles in relation to age, periodontal, and systemic diseases.

Analysis of saliva is emerging as a promising tool to diagnose and monitor diseases which makes determination of the salivary microbial profile in different scenarios essential.To evaluate the effects of age, periodontal disease, sex, smoking, and medical conditions on the salivary microbial profile...

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Main Authors: Ronaldo Lira-Junior, Sigvard Åkerman, Björn Klinge, Elisabeth A Boström, Anders Gustafsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5851536?pdf=render