Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health?
The existence of symbiotic relationships between bacteria in different ecosystems and their host niches have long been known to science. The human body also hosts vast numbers of bacteria in several habitats. Emerging evidence from the gastro-intestinal tract, genito-urinary tract and respiratory in...
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| description | The existence of symbiotic relationships between bacteria in different ecosystems and their host niches have long been known to science. The human body also hosts vast numbers of bacteria in several habitats. Emerging evidence from the gastro-intestinal tract, genito-urinary tract and respiratory indicates that there are several health benefits to hosting a complex and diverse microbial community i. Bacteria colonize the oral cavity within a few minutes after birth and form stable communities . Our knowledge of the oral microbiome has expanded exponentially with development of novel exploratory methods that allow us to examine diversity, structure, function and topography without the need to cultivate the individual components of the biofilm. The purpose of this perspective, therefore, is to examine the strength of current evidence supporting a role for the oral microbiome in maintaining oral health. While several lines of evidence are emerging to suggest that indigenous oral microbiota may have a role in immune education and preventing pathogen expansion, much more work is needed to definitively establish whether oral bacteria do indeed contribute to sustaining oral health, and if so, the mechanisms underlying this role. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ebcff68df54d2fb105c72ba131694e2022-12-22T00:16:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology2235-29882015-05-01510.3389/fcimb.2015.00035105646Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health?Purnima S Kumar0Matthew R Mason1The Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe existence of symbiotic relationships between bacteria in different ecosystems and their host niches have long been known to science. The human body also hosts vast numbers of bacteria in several habitats. Emerging evidence from the gastro-intestinal tract, genito-urinary tract and respiratory indicates that there are several health benefits to hosting a complex and diverse microbial community i. Bacteria colonize the oral cavity within a few minutes after birth and form stable communities . Our knowledge of the oral microbiome has expanded exponentially with development of novel exploratory methods that allow us to examine diversity, structure, function and topography without the need to cultivate the individual components of the biofilm. The purpose of this perspective, therefore, is to examine the strength of current evidence supporting a role for the oral microbiome in maintaining oral health. While several lines of evidence are emerging to suggest that indigenous oral microbiota may have a role in immune education and preventing pathogen expansion, much more work is needed to definitively establish whether oral bacteria do indeed contribute to sustaining oral health, and if so, the mechanisms underlying this role.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2015.00035/fullHealthOralcommensalecosystembeneficialhost-bacterial interactions |
| spellingShingle | Purnima S Kumar Matthew R Mason Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Health Oral commensal ecosystem beneficial host-bacterial interactions |
| title | Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? |
| title_full | Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? |
| title_fullStr | Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? |
| title_short | Mouthguards: Does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health? |
| title_sort | mouthguards does the indigenous microbiome play a role in maintaining oral health |
| topic | Health Oral commensal ecosystem beneficial host-bacterial interactions |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2015.00035/full |
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