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SUBMITTER: Islam MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085813 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Islam Md Monirul MM Ekuni Daisuke D Toyama Naoki N Kobayashi Terumasa T Fujimori Kohei K Uchida Yoko Y Fukuhara Daiki D Taniguchi-Tabata Ayano A Kataoka Kota K Iwasaki Yoshiaki Y Morita Manabu M
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200309 5
The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the influence of the salivary microbiome on the worsening of the periodontal health status among Japanese young adults. We assessed the data of systemically healthy and non-smoking young (18-22 years) university students (<i>n</i> = 457) from Okayama University at baseline (2013) and follow-up (2016). The worsening group was defined based on an increase in the percentage of bleeding on probing (%BOP) or an increase in probing pocket ...[more]