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The subgingival microbiome associated with periodontitis in type 2 diabetes mellitus
31 Oct 2019
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a systemic disease, predisposing patients to other inflammatory conditions including periodontitis. The subgingival microbiome, a key player in periodontitis pathogenesis, is not well characterized in T2DM population. To better understand whether the subgingival microbiome is different between T2DM and systemically healthy, nondiabetic (ND) subjects, we performed a longitudinal...
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