Bacterial invasion and persistence: critical events in the pathogenesis of periodontitis?

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Periodontitis is chronic inflammation of the periodontium caused by the host's inflammatory response to plaque biofilm, which destroys tooth-supporting soft and hard tissues. Periodontitis is a complex disease that involves interactions among three main features - microbial challenge, the host immune response, and environmental and genetic risk factors - in its pathogenesis. Although periodontitis has been...

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