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Microbial interactions with the host in periodontal disease

Periodontal disease. Initiating factor: Bacterial PlaqueMechanism:Directly: tissue destructionIndirectly: stimulating and modulating host response.. Host Response. Protective?Destructive?. Microbiologic Aspects of the interaction. Virulence factors: enable the bacterium to colonize the host tissue and to evade the host defense mechanisms.Factors that enable a bacterium to directly or indirectly cause destruction..

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Microbial interactions with the host in periodontal disease

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