From the Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; the Division of Primary Oral Health Care, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California.
Supported in part by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research grants RO1 DE 14924, KO2 DE 16102, and R21 DE171650 (Y.W.H.).
The authors thank Dr. Floyd Dewhirst for consultation on the use of the Human Oral Microbiome Database.
Presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Periodontal Diseases, August 2–7, 2009, New London, New Hampshire.
Corresponding author: Yiping W. Han, PhD, Department of Periodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4905; e-mail: [email protected].
Financial Disclosure The authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.
