On the dynamics of root canal infections—what we understand and what we don’t

Virulence

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 216-222

  Zehnder, Matthias ^a   Belibasakis, Georgios N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological plaque hypothesis; Immune response; Immunity; Metagenomics; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDETES; ENDODONTICS; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; ROOT CANAL INFECTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PLAQUE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; HUMANS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

EID: 84927709900     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21505594.2014.984567     Document Type: Review

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