The human oral cavity is home to an abundant and diverse microbial community (ie, the oral
microbiome), whose composition and roles in health and disease have been the focus of …

The human oral cavity contains a highly personalized microbiome essential to maintaining
health, but capable of causing oral and systemic diseases. Thus, an in-depth definition of …

The human mouth harbours one of the most diverse microbiomes in the human body,
including viruses, fungi, protozoa, archaea and bacteria. The bacteria are responsible for the …

Oral microbes represent one of the most well studied microbial communities owing to the
fact that they are a fundamental part of human development influencing health and disease …

Background The microbiome of the oral cavity is the second-largest and diverse microbiota
after the gut, harboring over 700 species of bacteria and including also fungi, viruses, and …

The oral cavity of healthy individuals contains hundreds of different bacterial, viral, and
fungal species. Many of these can associate to form biofilms, which are resistant to …

Until recently, the focus in dental research has been on studying a small fraction of the oral
microbiome—so-called opportunistic pathogens. With the advent of next-generation …

The oral microbiome can alter the balance between health and disease, locally and
systemically. Within the oral cavity, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses may all be …

Since the pioneering work of van Leeuwenhoek in 1684, subsequently built upon by other
renowned microbiologists Robert Koch, Willoughby Miller and GV Black, oral microbiology …

The microbiome and the human body constitute an integrated superorganism, which is the
result of millions of years of coevolution with mutual adaptation and functional integration …