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Why be down in the mouth? Three decades of research in oral microbiology
Author(s) -
Rogers AH
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2005.tb00078.x
Subject(s) - oral microbiology , dental research , dentistry , physiology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
This paper describes some of the work done in the author's laboratory over the past 35 years. The research covers the following areas: the physiology of oral streptococci and their interactions; the physiology of some Gram‐negative anaerobes and their interactions in relation to periodontal diseases; preventing the major dental diseases; and the future of oral microbiology.