Ô… If, as is sometimes supposed, science consisted in nothing but the laborious
accumulation of facts, it would soon come to a standstill, crushed, as it were, under its own …

Periodontitis is an infectious/inflammatory disease characterized by the loss of periodontal
ligament and alveolar bone. Herpesviruses are frequent inhabitants of periodontitis lesions …

Human cytomegalovirus and Epstein‐Barr virus type 1 are discussed in this review as they
relate to destructive periodontal disease in humans. Genomes of the two herpesviruses …

Recent studies have identified various herpesviruses in human periodontal disease. Epstein–
Barr virus type 1 (EBV‐1) infects periodontal B‐lymphocytes and human cytomegalovirus …

Objectives: This study examined the occurrence of human herpes viruses and suspected
periodontopathic bacteria in early‐onset periodontitis patients who experienced progressive …

Herpesviruses appear to assume a major etiopathogenic role in various types of destructive
periodontal disease. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and HCMV …

Periodontitis is one of the most complex infectious diseases of the human body. Individual
periodontal lesions may harbor millions of genomic copies of herpesviruses (179) as well as …

Background: Recent findings have begun to provide a basis for a causal link between
herpesviruses and aggressive periodontitis. One theory is that herpesviruses cooperate with …

The article reviews several studies on human viruses in periodontal health and disease.
Periodontitis studies report the occurrence of herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and …

Ten years have passed since a paradigm shift in the pathogenesis of periodontitis was
proposed by Page & Kornman (16). A plethora of research papers has since revised our …