Microbiota in the apical root canal system of tooth with apical periodontitis

Abstract Background Apical periodontitis (AP) is essentially an inflammatory disease of microbial etiology primarily caused by infection of the pulp and root canal system. Variation of the bacterial communities caused by AP, as well as their changes responding to dental therapy, are of utmost import...

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Main Authors: Wenhao Qian, Ting Ma, Mao Ye, Zhiyao Li, Yuanhua Liu, Pei Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5474-y