R/G Value-A Numeric Index of Individual Periodontal Health and Oral Microbiome Dynamics.

ABSTRACT: The dysbiosis of oral microbiome (OM) precedes the clinical signs of periodontal disease. Its simple measure thus could indicate individuals at risk of periodontitis development; however, such a tool is still missing. Up to now, numerous microbial taxa were associated with periodontal health or periodontitis. The outputs of most studies could, nevertheless, be slightly biased from following two reasons: First, the healthy group is often characterized only by the absence of the disease, but the individuals could already suffer from dysbiosis without any visible signs. Second, the healthy/diseased OM characteristics are frequently determined based on average data obtained for whole groups of periodontally healthy persons versus patients. Especially in smaller sets of tested individual

SUBMITTER: Najmanova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7988090 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature