This volume of Periodontology 2000 represents the 25th anniversary of the Journal, and
uses the occasion to assess important advancements in periodontology over the past …

Seminal studies published in the 1990s and 2000s explored connections between
periodontal diseases and systemic conditions, revealing potential contributions of …

Periodontal diseases are initiated by bacterial species living in polymicrobial biofilms at or
below the gingival margin and progress largely as a result of the inflammation elicited by …

The human oral cavity is home to a large and diverse community of viruses that have yet to
be characterized in patients with periodontal disease. We recruited and sampled saliva and …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of chronic periodontitis (CP) defined by clinical
criteria alone have had modest success to-date. Here, we refine the CP phenotype by …

Periodontitis is an infectious/inflammatory disease characterized by the loss of periodontal
ligament and alveolar bone. Herpesviruses are frequent inhabitants of periodontitis lesions …

The etiopathogenesis of severe periodontitis includes herpesvirus‐bacteria coinfection. This
article evaluates the pathogenicity of herpesviruses (cytomegalovirus and Epstein‐Barr …

The article reviews several studies on human viruses in periodontal health and disease.
Periodontitis studies report the occurrence of herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and …

Saygun I, Nizam N, Keskiner I, Bal V, Kubar A, Açıkel C, Serdar M, Slots J. Salivary infectious
agents and periodontal disease status. J Periodont Res 2011; 46: 235–239.© 2011 John …

Mediators of the initiation, development, and recurrence of periodontitis include the oral
microbiome embedded in subgingival plaque and the host immune response to a dysbiosis …