Objective Since the initial description of aggressive periodontitis (AgP) in the early 1900s,
classification of this disease has been in flux. The goal of this manuscript is to review the …

The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiologic evidence for the effects of tobacco
use and tobacco use cessation on a variety of oral diseases and conditions. Exposures …

The article explores the genetic and environmental risk factors for chronic and aggressive
periodontitis. There is a strong evidence that the familial aggregation associated with …

The currently used definitions of chronic and aggressive periodontitis were introduced at the
1999 World Workshop for the Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions (2). This …

Epidemiologic studies of aggressive periodontitis have used different study designs and a
range of examination methods and case definitions, and this greatly complicates the study of …

Background: Detailed genetic analysis of bacteria has demonstrated an unanticipated
genetic diversity within species, which often reveals evolutionary lineages that are …

Aim The prevalence of aggressive periodontitis (AgP) varies considerably between studies.
The aim of this meta‐analysis was to estimate, throughout the world, the prevalence of this …

Background: The existence of specific microbial profiles for different periodontal conditions
is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that 40 bacterial …

For decades, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans has been associated with aggressive
forms of periodontitis in adolescents. In the middle of the 1990s, a specific JP2 clone of A …

Background: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that periodontal pathogens
associated with aggressive periodontitis persist in extracrevicular locations following scaling …