The article provides an overview on the concepts of periodontal bacteria associated with
bacterial adhesins. It describes the distinctive adhesins of general gram-negative species …

Adhesion to adsorbed pellicles and interspecies co-adhesion to form plaque biofilms involve
selective interactions of bacterial adhesins with specific receptors. Our laboratory has …

Cumulative evidence indicates that bacterial adherence to mucosal and tooth surfaces as
well as bacterial coaggregation are essential steps for colonization of various oral bacterial …

This review describes the surface structures (fibrils and fimbriae), on oral bacteria that can
be responsible for adhesion to buccal mucosa, teeth and other bacteria (coaggregation) …

Between 3-12 weeks after the beginning of supragingival plaque formation, a distinctive
subgingival microflora predominantly made up of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria and …

INTRODUCTION The oral cavity is home to a large and diverse population of microbes
comprising over 350 taxa and in which 37 genera of bacteria are represented (37, 38) …

Fimbriae are major adhesive components on the cell surface of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
In this study, we evaluated the role of fimbriae in coaggregation with Streptococcus oralis …

The article studies the host responses in maintaining periodontal health and determining
periodontal disease. An inflammation and destruction of periodontal tissues are largely …

Background: Bacterial invasion of host epithelial cells plays an important role in the
pathogenesis of periodontitis; however, the exact mechanism of the invasion has not been …

3 Bacterial Adherence and the Fonnation of Dental Plaques Page 1 3 Bacterial Adherence
and the Fonnation of Dental Plaques RONALD J. GIBBONS and JOHANNES van HOUTE 3.1 …