Mouse study explains bacterium's unique role in periodontitis, November 29, 2011 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The researchers report that the microbe Porphyromonas gingivalis hacks into the front-line immune cells that police the space between tooth and gum, known as the subgingival crevice, and reprograms them to create living conditions more to its microbial liking.
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