title: Gene therapy and its implications in Periodontics.
abstract: Gene therapy is a field of Biomedicine. With the advent of gene therapy in dentistry, significant progress has been made in the control of periodontal diseases and reconstruction of dento-alveolar apparatus.Implementation in periodontics include:-As a mode of tissue engineering with three approaches: cell, protein-based and gene delivery approach.-Genetic approach to Biofilm Antibiotic Resistance.Future strategies of gene therapy in preventing periodontal diseases:-Enhances host defense mechanism against infection by transfecting host cells with an antimicrobial peptide protein-encoding gene.-Periodontal vaccination.Gene therapy is one of the recent entrants and its applications in the field of periodontics are reviewed in general here.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Guide, MGV's KBH Dental College and Hospital, Panchavati, Nashik - 422 003, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Swapna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahale
authors.forename: Nitin
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authors.lastname: Dani
authors.forename: Shumaila S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Triveni
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authors.lastname: Kale