title: Current concepts in the microbial etiology and treatment of chronic periodontitis.
abstract: This paper attempts to provide a review of the microbial etiology of chronic periodontitis and the effects of different therapies on clinical parameters and, specifically, in the composition of the subgingival microbiota. Focus is given to the studies from our research group that have employed checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization as a microbiological diagnostic test.
authors.affiliation: Dental Research and Graduate Studies Division, Department of Periodontology, Guarulhos University, São Paulo - SP, Brazil. mferes@ung.br
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feres
authors.forename: Luciene Cristina
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D055113:Chronic Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial