title: Viruses: Bystanders of periodontal disease.
abstract: Bacterial etiology of periodontal disease is an established fact today. However, despite advances in the field of pharmacology with advent of newer and better antibiotics prevalence of the disease could not be abated. Moreover, unpredictable remissions and indefinite pattern in a single host force us to go back to the exact etiology of the disease. Present is a short review highlighting the role and plausible mechanisms by which viruses can affect the development of periodontal disease. This broadens our concept and will help establish a better treatment protocol for periodontal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. Electronic address: drtitiksha.agg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Titiksha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. Electronic address: arundeep.kaur.lamba@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Arundeep Kaur
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lamba
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. Electronic address: farrukhfaraz@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Farrukh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faraz
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. Electronic address: tandonshruti16@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tandon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010641:Phenotype; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens