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ReviewJournal of oral biology and craniofacial research

Oral microbial habitat a dynamic entity.

Syed Muhammad Faran Ali, Farzeen Tanwir

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Review in Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Probiotics and oral health: A systematic review.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2017
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  14. Oral microbiota in human health and disease: A perspective.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023
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  15. Evaluation of flexural strength of bulk-fill composite resin after immersion in fruit juices: AnJournal of advanced pharmaceutical technology & research · 2022
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  17. Use of the ProbioticInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Syed Muhammad Faran AliDepartment of Oral Biology, Ziauddin College of Dentistry, Ziauddin Medical University, 4/B Shahrah e Ghalib, Block 6, Clifton, Karachi 75600, Pakistan.
Farzeen TanwirDepartment of Periodontology, Ziauddin College of Dentistry, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral microbial habitat is composed of wide variety of species. These species play a significant role in maintaining the well being of the oral cavity by contributing in various ways. However the proper functioning of these oral microbes can be detrimental for the human oral cavity if the conditions are not suitable such as redox potential (Eh), pH of a site, the activity of the host defenses, and the presence of antimicrobial agents. The oral microbial community represents the best-characterized group associated with the human host. There are strong correlations between the qualitative composition of the oral microbiota and clinically healthy or diseased states. Amongst the bacteria of more than 700 species now identified within the human oral microbiota, it is the streptococci that are numerically predominant. Interactions between mucosal surfaces and microbial microbiota are key to host defense, health, and disease. These surfaces are exposed to high numbers of microbes and must be capable of distinguishing between those that are beneficial or avirulent and those that will invade and cause disease. Our understanding of the mechanisms involved in these discriminatory processes has recently begun to expand as new studies bring to light the importance of epithelial cells and novel immune cell subsets such as T(h)17 T cells in these processes. In this review article we have tried to find out the factors responsible for maintaining oral microbial habitat intact and the reasons which cause changes in its composition.

Indexed as

AnaerobiosisHuman oral micro biomeMetagenomicsProbioticsSalivary micro biome

Identifiers

PMID25737863
PMCPMC3941266

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