Oral Microbial Communities and Oral Health

• Other Authors: Nomura, Yoshiaki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; oral microbiome; core microbiome; centenarian; next-generation sequencing; pyrosequencing; elderly; black stain; oral microbiota; Neisseria; Porphyromonas; Streptococcus; Molar-incisor malformation; complication; microbiome; pathogenesis; localized tooth-related periodontitis; periodontitis; Down syndrome; polymerase chain reaction; microbiota; gingivitis; silver diamine fluoride; SDF; silver fluoride; AgF; biofilm; plaque; early childhood caries; core microbiota; Streptococcus mutans; biofilms; demineralization; oral disease; systemic disease; genome-wide analysis; personalized medicine; next generation sequence; clinical application
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More than 700 species of bacteria are involved in the oral cavity. Specific pathogenic bacteria have been focused on as pathogenic bacteria for oral disease: dental caries and periodontal disease. However, these pathogenic bacteria occupy a tiny fraction of the overall oral microbiome. A high throug...