Mouse study explains bacterium's unique role in periodontitis

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 07:02 in Biology & Nature

Scientists say they have solved in mice the mystery of how an unusual bacterium can trigger the common dental condition periodontitis while residing in low numbers in the space between tooth and gum.

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