Microbial profile comparisons of saliva, pooled and site-specific subgingival samples in periodontitis patients.

Microbial profile comparisons of saliva, pooled and site-specific subgingival samples in periodontitis patients.

The purpose of this study was to compare microbial profiles of saliva, pooled and site-specific subgingival samples in patients with periodontitis. We tested the hypotheses that saliva can be an alternative to pooled subgingival samples, when screening for presence of periopathogens.Site specific su...

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Main Authors: Daniel Belstrøm, Maria Lynn Sembler-Møller, Maria Anastasia Grande, Nikolai Kirkby, Sean Liam Cotton, Bruce J Paster, Palle Holmstrup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553731?pdf=render

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