Research Article

Relationship between oral status and prevalence of periodontopathic bacteria on the tongues of elderly individuals

Journal of Medical Microbiology 2010; 59(11):1354 · https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.020636-0

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Abstract

1 Department of Developmental Oral Health Science, Division of Oral Health, Iwate Medical University School of Dentistry, Morioka 020-8505, Japan

2 Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan

3 Department of Pathogenesis and Control of Oral Diseases, Division of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, Iwate Medical University School of Dentistry, Morioka 020-8505, Japan