Microbial Communities and Functional Genes in Periodontitis and Healthy Controls

• Main Authors: Zhonghui Ma (Author), Ze Jiang (Author), Haoxin Dong (Author), Wenhua Xu (Author), Su Yan (Author), Jingfeng Chen (Author), Ang Li (Author), Xi Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Periodontitis is a chronic progressive disease and the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. Recent studies have shown the impact of oral microbial communities on systemic health and diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, hy...