Periodontitis may induce gut microbiota dysbiosis via salivary microbiota

• Main Authors: Jun Bao (Author), Lili Li (Author), Yangheng Zhang (Author), Min Wang (Author), Faming Chen (Author), Shaohua Ge (Author), Bin Chen (Author), Fuhua Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The aim of this study was to identify whether periodontitis induces gut microbiota dysbiosis via invasion by salivary microbes. First, faecal and salivary samples were collected from periodontally healthy participants (PH group, n = 16) and patients with severe periodontitis (SP group, n = ...