Vaccines and periodontal diseases--an insight.
Vaccination against periodontal diseases is an innovative approach to combating periodontal diseases. Although discussed briefly some 50 years ago by Bibby, it has been popularized with the late twentieth century technologies and current understanding of periodontal microbiology. This review discusses the potential for a vaccine against periodontitis.


CONCLUSIONS
A vaccine is a possible protection strategy for primary prevention of periodontitis.
Beevi
Leena
L
Department of Periodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India.
Hedge
Shashikanth
S
Kashyap
Rajesh
R
Kumar
Arun
A
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D016233:Immunotherapy, Active; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014612:Vaccines