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Vaccines and Periodontal Diseases – An Insight

From Volume 36, Issue 10, December 2009 | Pages 635-638

Authors

Leena Beevi

BDS

Postgraduate student, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India

Articles by Leena Beevi

Shashikanth Hegde

BDS, MDS

Professor and Head of Department, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India

Articles by Shashikanth Hegde

Rajesh Kashyap

BDS, MDS

Professor, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India

Articles by Rajesh Kashyap

Kumar MS Arun

BDS, MDS, MFGDP(UK)

Professor, Department of Periodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India

Articles by Kumar MS Arun

Abstract

Vaccination against periodontal diseases is an innovative approach to combating periodontal diseases. Although discussed briefly some 50 years ago by Bibby, it has been popularized with the late twentieth century technologies and current understanding of periodontal microbiology. This review discusses the potential for a vaccine against periodontitis.

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