Can one acquire periodontal bacteria and periodontitis from a family member?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1263-1271

  Asikainen, Sirkka ^a   Chen, Casey ^b   Alaluusua, Satu ^c   Slots, Jørgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARENT; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SALIVA; SEROTYPING; SPOUSE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTIUM; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SALIVA; SEROTYPING; SPOUSES;

EID: 0031226881     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0403     Document Type: Article

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