Cultivable Anaerobic Microbiota of Infected Root Canals

• Main Authors: Takuichi Sato (Author), Keiko Yamaki (Author), Naoko Ishida (Author), Kazuhiro Hashimoto (Author), Yasuhisa Takeuchi (Author), Megumi Shoji (Author), Emika Sato (Author), Junko Matsuyama (Author), Hidetoshi Shimauchi (Author), Nobuhiro Takahashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Periapical periodontitis is an infectious and inflammatory disease of the periapical tissues caused by oral bacteria invading the root canal. In the present study, profiling of the microbiota in infected root canals was performed using anaerobic culture and molecular biological techniques...