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Acta Odontológica Venezolana
Print version ISSN 0001-6365
Abstract
BRICENO C, Elsi; PARDI C, Germán and PERRONE C, Marianella. Nuevas especies del genero prevotella y su importancia en el área odontológica: Revisión de la literatura. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2009, vol.47, n.4, pp.167-173. ISSN 0001-6365.
Periodontal diseases are one of the most important oral pathologies occurred in the human oral cavity. There are more people who have been affected by periodontal pathogens. Some of the microorganisms that are related with periodontal diseases belong to the Family Bacteroidaceae, represented by Genus Porphyromonas and Prevotella. In recient years, it can found new species of the Genus Prevotella and the dentist should know about them like resident microflora of the oral cavity and their implications in periodontal diseases, in order to establish the most convenient antimicrobial treatment for these pathologies
Keywords : enfermedades periodontales; Prevotella; especies.