title: Vaccines and periodontal diseases--an insight.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, PO Box 575018, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beevi
authors.forename: Shashikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hedge
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D016233:Immunotherapy, Active; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014612:Vaccines