E Babikow, N Ghaltakhchyan, T Livingston, Y Qu, C Liu, A Hoxie, T Sulkowski, C Bocklage, A Marsh, S T Phillips, K B Mitchell, A De A Ribeiro, T H Jackson, J Roach, D Wu, K Divaris, L A Jacox
INTRODUCTION: Common oral diseases are known to be associated with dysbiotic shifts in the supragingival microbiome, yet most oral microbiome associations with clinical end points emanate from cross-sectional studies. Orthodontic treatment is an elective procedure that can be exploited to prospectively examine clinically relevant longitudinal changes in the composition and function of the supragingival microbiome. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort study was conducted among 24 adolescent orthodontic patients who underwent saliva and plaque sampling and clinical examinations at time points: before fixed appliance bonding and at 1, 6, and 12 wk thereafter...
October 24, 2023: JDR Clinical and Translational Research