Oral microbiome of deep and shallow dental pockets in chronic periodontitis.

We examined the subgingival bacterial biodiversity in untreated chronic periodontitis patients by sequencing 16S rRNA genes. The primary purpose of the study was to compare the oral microbiome in deep (diseased) and shallow (healthy) sites. A secondary purpose was to evaluate the influences of smoki...

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Main Authors: Xiuchun Ge, Rafael Rodriguez, My Trinh, John Gunsolley, Ping Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3675156?pdf=render