Ralph Kent

TL;DR: The purpose of the present investigation was to attempt to define communities using data from large numbers of plaque samples and different clustering and ordination techniques, which related strikingly to clinical measures of periodontal disease particularly pocket depth and bleeding on probing.

TL;DR: IL 1 beta is considerably more potent than TNF and LT in stimulating bone resorption either alone or under synergistic conditions, it is unlikely that TNF or LT are responsible for more than a minor proportion of the total bone-resorbing activity formerly referred to as OAF.

TL;DR: Patients with RP presented a distinct microbial profile compared to patients in the GR and PH groups, as determined by HOMIM.

TL;DR: Clinical improvement post-SRP was accompanied by a modest change in theSubgingival microbiota, primarily a reduction in P. gingivalis, B. forsythus and T. denticola, suggesting potential targets for therapy and indicating that radical alterations in the subgingival bacteria may not be necessary or desirable in many patients.

TL;DR: The data suggest an etiologic role for B. forsythus, P. gingivalis, T. denticola and S. noxia in adult periodontitis.