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Genetic influences in caries and periodontal diseases.
Critical reviews in oral biology and medicine : an official publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists - 1 Jan 1995
Hassell T M, Harris E L
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Deciphering the relative roles of heredity and environmental factors ("nature vs. nurture") in the pathogenesis of dental caries and diseases of the periodontium has occupied clinical and basic researchers for decades. Success in the endeavor has come more easily in the case of caries; the complex interactions that occur between host-response mechanisms and putative microbiologic pathogens in periodontal disease...
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