Periodontal microbial ecology Page 1 Periodontal microbial ecology SIGMUND S. SOCRANSKY
& ANNE D. HAFFAJEE The authors have taken the liberty of presenting this manuscript in two …

Many definitions of periodontitis have been used in the literature for population‐based
studies, but there is no accepted standard. In early epidemiologic studies, the two major …

Background Rate of progression of periodontitis has been used to inform the design of
classifications of periodontal diseases. However, the evidence underpinning this topic is …

Background: A few previous studies have suggested that risk for adult periodontitis (AP) has
a genetic (heritable) component. We estimated genetic and environmental variances and …

The aim of this study was to evaluate qualitative differences in the subgingival microbiota at
titanium implants, ad modum Bråmnark, demonstrating clinical and radiographic signs of …

Different mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain the increase in prevalence and
severity of periodontitis in older adults, including shifts in the periodontal microbiota …

Recent epidemiologic surveys and studies have provided important information on the
prevalence, extent, and severity of periodontal diseases in the United States. Over 50% of …

Aims: To review the literature related to the analytical epidemiology of periodontitis
generated over the past decade. This review does not deal with descriptive epidemiologic …

Cigarette smoking has long been suspected to be associated with a variety of oral
conditions including periodontal diseases. Experimental evidence accumulated over the last …

Background: The relationship of cigarette smoking to the composition of the subgingival
microbiota is not clear. Some studies indicated higher levels of certain species in smokers …