Background Major scientific advances in periodontology in the past 150 years have
fundamentally changed how clinicians detect and treat periodontal diseases. These …

Inflammatory processes can underlie the etiology of several pathological conditions ranging
from metabolic to infectious diseases. Periodontitis, a chronic oral infectious disease …

Periodontitis is an infection-driven inflammatory disease in which the composition of biofilms
plays a significant role. Dental plaque accumulation at the gingival margin initiates an …

The primary etiological agent for the initiation and progression of periodontal disease is the
dental plaque biofilm which is an organized aggregation of microorganisms residing within a …

In a recently published study by Tanner, et al. 3, the onset on periodontitis was studied
longitudinally in an effort to identify organisms that preceded attachment loss. No organisms …

Many paradigms concerning the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and systemic impact of
periodontal diseases have been modified. For example, bacterial biofilms are essential to …

Periodontal diseases are infections. They have a number of properties in common with
infections in other parts of the body, but have unique features resulting from the passage of …

Periodontal diseases comprise a wide range of inflammatory conditions that affect the
supporting structures of the teeth (the gingiva, bone and periodontal ligament), which could …

Chronic adult periodontitis is a bacterially induced chronic inflammatory disease that
destroys the connective tissue and bone that support teeth. Concepts of the specific …

This commentary provides background, historical context, and a critical assessment of the
concept that microbial dysbiosis drives the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. It is long …