Periodontitis, a true infection

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Sir, Periodontal infection is initiated by specific invasive oral pathogens that colonize dental plaque biofilms on tooth surface, and host immune response to inflammation plays a central role in disease pathogenesis. Periodontal diseases are recognized as infectious processes that require bacterial presence and a host response and are further affected and modified by other local, environmental and genetic...

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