Diversity of the oral microbiome between dentate and edentulous individuals

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BACKGROUND: Measurement of saliva microbes is promoted as a way to detect oral and systemic disease, yet there is a multitude of factors that affect the oral microbiome. The salivary microbiome is influenced by oral biofilm of shedding (epithelial) and non-shedding (tooth) surfaces. METHODS: To gauge the ability of salivary microbial analytics to distinguish between edentulous and dentate oral conditions, we...

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