Open AccessMicrobial dysbiosis in periodontitis
Author(s) -
Sameera G Nath,
Ranjith Raveendran
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.118334
Subject(s) - dysbiosis , periodontitis , medicine , disease , periodontium , etiology , periodontal disease , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , dentistry , biology , pathology
Periodontitis is a biofilm-associated inflammatory disease of the periodontium. This disease appears to have multiple etiologies with microbial factor contributing to initiation of the disease and immunological factor of the host propagating the disease. This review is on the concept of "microbial dysbiosis" and molecular nature of periodontitis, and the scope of traditional and emerging technologies for treating this disease.