ReviewVirulence2015
On putative periodontal pathogens: an epidemiological perspective.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Microbial Markers for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment for Periodontal Diseases: A Systematic Literature Search and Narrative Synthesis.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2025Pooled it
- Anti-virulence effect of photoactivated nano-quercetin by diode laser on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.AMB Express · 2025Article
- Unravelling the Relationship: Oral Protozoans, Periodontitis and Systemic Non-Communicable Diseases.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2025Review
- Periodontal disease: A systemic condition.Periodontology 2000 · 2024Review
- Precision periodontal care: from omics discoveries to chairside diagnostics.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Review
- Advances in Periodontal Pathogens.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Overview of the Effect of Different Regenerative Materials in Class II Furcation Defects in Periodontal Patients.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Necrotizing Gingivitis: Microbial Diversity and Quantification of Protein Secretion in Necrotizing Gingivitis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Salivary Biomarkers for Dental Caries Detection and Personalized Monitoring.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Three periodontitis phenotypes: Bone loss patterns, antibiotic-surgical treatment and the new classification.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2020Article
- Current concepts and an alternative perspective on periodontal disease.BMC oral health · 2020Review
- The role of inflammation and genetics in periodontal disease.Periodontology 2000 · 2020Review
- Oral Microbiome and Gingival Transcriptome Profiles of Ligature-Induced Periodontitis.Journal of dental research · 2020Article
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- Proteome and Microbiome Mapping of Human Gingival Tissue in Health and Disease.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020Article
- Transcription modulation by CDK9 regulates inflammatory genes and RIPK3-MLKL-mediated necroptosis in periodontitis progression.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Importance of Virulence Factors for the Persistence of Oral Bacteria in the Inflamed Gingival Crevice and in the Pathogenesis of Periodontal Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Microbiome Profiles of Ligature-Induced Periodontitis in Nonhuman Primates across the Life Span.Infection and immunity · 2019Article
- Loss of periodontal ligament fibroblasts by RIPK3-MLKL-mediated necroptosis in the progress of chronic periodontitis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Biologically Defined or Biologically Informed Traits Are More Heritable Than Clinically Defined Ones: The Case of Oral and Dental Phenotypes.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The current understanding on the role of microbiology on periodontitis causation is reviewed. An appraisal of the literature reveals several issues that have limited the attempts to investigate candidate periodontal pathogens as causes of periodontitis and confirms that only limited epidemiological evidence is available. Several aspects of the contemporary understanding on causal inference are discussed with examples for periodontitis.
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