Porphyromonas gingivalis: keeping the pathos out of the biont

Carla Cugini,Vanja Klepac-Ceraj,Elze Rackaityte,James E. Riggs

Characterization of extracellular polymeric matrix, and treatment of Fusobacterium nucleatum and Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilms with DNase I and proteinase K

Marwan Mansoor Ali Mohammed,Audun H. Nerland,Mohammed Al-Haroni,Vidar Bakken

Cryptic Streptococcus mutans 5.6-kb plasmids encode a toxin–antitoxin system for plasmid stabilization

Anke Rheinberg,Izabela Jadwiga Swierzy,Tuan Dung Nguyen,Hans-Peter Horz

Secretory immunity with special reference to the oral cavity

Per Brandtzaeg

Virulence factors and antibiotic susceptibility in enterococci isolated from oral mucosal and deep infections

Gunnar Dahlén,Susanne Blomqvist,Annica Almst？hl,Anette Carlén

Pyrosequencing as a tool for better understanding of human microbiomes

José F. Siqueira,Ashraf F. Fouad,Isabela N. R？？as

Treponema denticola interactions with host proteins

J. Christopher Fenno

Understanding the roles of gingival beta-defensins

Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy,Eija K？n？nen

Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis – inflammatory and infectious connections. Review of the literature

G. Rutger Persson

The gut microbiome: scourge, sentinel or spectator?

Agata Korecka,Velmurugesan Arulampalam

Impact of supragingival therapy on subgingival microbial profile in smokers versus non-smokers with severe chronic periodontitis

Tatiana Meulman,Renato C. V. Casarin,Daiane C. Peruzzo,Ana Giorgetti

Host–pathogen dynamics: it's complicated!

Margaret J. Duncan

The Drosophila melanogaster host model

Christina O. Igboin,Ann L. Griffen,Eugene J. Leys

Porphyromonas endodontalis in chronic periodontitis: a clinical and microbiological cross-sectional study

Telma Blanca Lombardo Bedran,Rosemary Adriana C. Marcantonio,Rubens Spin Neto,Marcia Pinto Alves Mayer

Mutans streptococci genetic strains in children with severe early childhood caries: follow-up study at one-year post-dental rehabilitation therapy

Elizabeth A. Palmer,Alex Vo,Shelby B. Hiles,Patricia Peirano

Healthcare-associated viral and bacterial infections in dentistry

A.M.G.A. Laheij,J.O. Kistler,G.N. Belibasakis,H. V？limaa

Studies on strains of Streptococcus mutans isolated from caries-active and caries-free individuals in Iceland

W. Peter Holbrook,Margrét O. Magnúsdóttir

Multilevel analysis of clinical parameters in chronic periodontitis after root planing/scaling, surgery, and systemic and local antibiotics: 2-year results

Ibrahimu Mdala,Anne D. Haffajee,Sigmund S. Socransky,Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio

Expression levels of novel cytokine IL-32 in periodontitis and its role in the suppression of IL-8 production by human gingival fibroblasts stimulated with Porphyromonas gingivalis

Kazuhisa Ouhara,Toshihisa Kawai,Marcelo J.B. Silva,Tsuyoshi Fujita

The oral microflora in obesity and type-2 diabetes

Edward Shillitoe,Ruth Weinstock,Taewan Kim,Howard Simon

Microbial community succession on developing lesions on human enamel

Lino Torlakovic,Vanja Klepac-Ceraj,Bj？rn ？gaard,Sean L. Cotton

Non-antibacterial tetracycline formulations: clinical applications in dentistry and medicine

Ying Gu,Clay Walker,Maria E. Ryan,Jeffrey B. Payne

Purification and characterization of a novel secondary fimbrial protein from Porphyromonas gulae

Yasuhiro Oishi,Kiyoko Watanabe,Hidefumi Kumada,Eriko Ishikawa

A mechanism for extremely weak SpaP-expression in Streptococcus mutans strain Z1

Yutaka Sato,Kazuko Okamoto-Shibayama,Toshifumi Azuma

Quality control for diagnostic oral microbiology laboratories in European countries

Riina Rautemaa-Richardson,Wil A Van der Reijden Wa,Gunnar Dahlen,Andrew J. Smith

Porphyromonas gingivalis: a clonal pathogen?

Morten Enersen

Pathogenesis and treatment of oral candidosis

David Williams,Michael Lewis

Methanogenic Archaea and oral infections – ways to unravel the black box

Hans-Peter Horz,Georg Conrads

Identification of interspecies interactions affecting Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence phenotypes

Elizabeth L. Tenorio,Brian A. Klein,Wai S. Cheung,Linden T. Hu

Differentiation of banding patterns between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus isolates in rep-PCR using ERIC primer

Tamami Okada,Kazuko Takada,Kou Fujita,Takuji Ikemi

Review of osteoimmunology and the host response in endodontic and periodontal lesions

Dana T. Graves,Thomas Oates,Gustavo P. Garlet

Transferrin as a source of iron for Campylobacter rectus

Daniel Grenier,Shin-ichi Tanabe

Genetic relationships between Candida albicans strains isolated from dental plaque, trachea, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients

Seok-Mo Heo,Robert S. Sung,Frank A. Scannapieco,Elaine M. Haase

Genomic comparison of invasive and rare non-invasive strains reveals Porphyromonas gingivalis genetic polymorphisms

Svetlana Dolgilevich,Brian Rafferty,Darya Luchinskaya,Emil Kozarov

Selected Abstracts from the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology, Bergen, June 9–12 2011

Revisiting the association between candidal infection and carcinoma, particularly oral squamous cell carcinoma

Marina Mohd Bakri,Haizal Mohd Hussaini,Ann Rachel Holmes,Richard David Cannon

Cardiovascular disease and the role of oral bacteria

Shaneen J. Leishman,Hong Lien Do,Pauline J. Ford

Role of periodontal pathogenic bacteria in RANKL-mediated bone destruction in periodontal disease

Mikihito Kajiya,Gabriela Giro,Martin A. Taubman,Xiaozhe Han

Diabetes, periodontitis, and the subgingival microbiota

Edward J. Ohlrich,Mary P. Cullinan,Jonathan W. Leichter

Note from the Editor-in-Chief

Preterm low birthweight and the role of oral bacteria

Elizabeth Shira Davenport

General health screening as part of a periodontal examination

Sarah L. Raphael

Respiratory disease and the role of oral bacteria

Isaac S. Gomes-Filho,Johelle S. Passos,Simone Seixas da Cruz

Rheumatoid arthritis and the role of oral bacteria

Juan Pablo Loyola-Rodriguez,Rita Elizabeth Martinez-Martinez,Carlos Abud-Mendoza,Nuria Pati？o-Marin

Porphyromonas gingivalis–dendritic cell interactions: consequences for coronary artery disease

Amir E. Zeituni,Julio Carrion,Christopher W. Cutler

Oral microbiota and cancer

Jukka H. Meurman

Should patients with hip joint prosthesis receive antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment?

Ingar Olsen,Finnur Snorrason,Egil Lingaas

Analysis of microbiota associated with peri-implantitis using 16S rRNA gene clone library

Tatsuro Koyanagi,Mitsuo Sakamoto,Yasuo Takeuchi,Moriya Ohkuma

Effect of the probiotic Lactobacilli reuteri (Prodentis) in the management of periodontal disease: a preliminary randomized clinical trial

M.R. Vivekananda,K.L. Vandana,K.G. Bhat

Contaminated mouth swabs caused a multi-hospital outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Bj？rn G. Iversen