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Periondontal PathogensThe change from periodontal health to disease is associated with the displacement of a predominantly gram-positive bacterial flora in the gingival crevice by gram-negative anaerobes. A small number of gram-negative species have been consistently associated with specific forms of periodontal disease, i.e., Porphyromonas gingivalis with chronic and severe adult periodontitis; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans with localized juvenile periodontitis; and Prevotella intermedia and Treponema denticola with acute necrotizing gingivitis (reviewed by Holt and Bramanti, 1991; Haffajee and Socransky, 1994). |
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This page is created and maintained by Drs. Margaret Duncan, Floyd Dewhirst, and Tsute Chen, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Forsyth Institute . Last modified on 02/20/2002 Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 by The Forsyth Institute |
