The microbiological characteristics of both caries and periodontal disease show significant
change from those in health. In both instances, there is evidence of co‐association of …

The field of oral microbiology has seen fundamental conceptual changes in recent years.
Microbial communities are now seen as the fundamental etiological agent in oral diseases …

The oral bacterial microbiome encompasses approximately 700 commonly occurring
phylotypes, approximately half of which can be present at any time in any individual. These …

The oral microbial community represents the best-characterized consortium associated with
the human host. There are strong correlations between the qualitative composition of the …

Recent advances in our understanding of the microbial populations that colonize the human
mouth, their acquisition, interdependency, and coevolution with the host, bring a different …

This review discusses polymicrobial interactions with the host in both health and disease. As
our ability to identify specific bacterial clonal types, with respect to their abundance and …

This commentary provides background, historical context, and a critical assessment of the
concept that microbial dysbiosis drives the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. It is long …

In the human oral cavity, which is an open growth system, bacteria must first adhere to a
surface in order to be able to colonize. Ability to colonize a non-shedding tooth surface is …

In the mid-1960s the microbial aetiology of periodontal diseases was introduced based on
classical experimental gingivitis studies. Since then, numerous studies have addressed the …

The human oral cavity harbors diverse communities of microbes that live as biofilms: highly
ordered, surface-associated assemblages of microbes embedded in an extracellular matrix …