Salivary Microbiota in Oral Health and Disease

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Abstract

The salivary microbiota is a highly complex microbial community, presumably comprised by bacteria shed from various oral surfaces, and since saliva can be easily and noninvasively collected, compositional changes of the salivary microbiota may potentially serve as a biomarker used for screening of oral and systemic diseases. This chapter describes the composition of the salivary microbiota in oral health and disease, with special emphasis on recent studies that employed modern molecular methods for analysis of the salivary microbiota.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOral Infections and General Health : From Molecule to Chairside
EditorsAnne Marie Lynge Pedersen
Number of pages7
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
PublisherSpringer
Publication date1 Jan 2015
Edition1
Pages115-122
Chapter11
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-25089-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-25091-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015

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