Papel de los herpes virus en la enfermedad periodontal. Revisión de literatura

introduction: periodontitis is a multifactor disease where bacteria do not play a unique role in its origin and development. the progress of microbiological studies have proved the presence of herpes virus in the different clinical manifestations of this disease. objective:the aim of this research is to show different elements that place the infection by herpes virus and the beginning and development of periodontitis very close related one to another. material and methods: reference systems such as medline, pubmed, and scielo were consulted. it was also made a revision of descriptions like herpes virus, cytomegalovirus, epstein-barr virus and periodontal disease. conclusion: it was concluded that the inflammatory cells infected by herpetic virus promote the production of cytokines that destroyed the periodontal tissues decreasing the capacity of defence against bacteria presence.