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SUBMITTER: Muller-Heupt LK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10059003 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Müller-Heupt Lena Katharina LK Wiesmann-Imilowski Nadine N Schröder Sofia S Groß Jonathan J Ziskoven Pablo Cores PC Bani Philipp P Kämmerer Peer Wolfgang PW Schiegnitz Eik E Eckelt Anja A Eckelt John J Ritz Ulrike U Opatz Till T Al-Nawas Bilal B Synatschke Christopher V CV Deschner James J
International journal of molecular sciences 20230321 6
Periodontitis is a chronic biofilm-associated inflammatory disease of the tooth-supporting tissues that causes tooth loss. It is strongly associated with anaerobic bacterial colonization and represents a substantial global health burden. Due to a local hypoxic environment, tissue regeneration is impaired. Oxygen therapy has shown promising results as a potential treatment of periodontitis, but so far, local oxygen delivery remains a key technical challenge. An oxygen (O<sub>2</sub>)-releasing hy ...[more]