Question 62 (part 2) · LDEK · Dental plaque and calculus
Theory of key pathogen in periodontitis development assumes the possibility of microbiome changes in pocket under the influence of peripathogen with special properties. Such properties have:
- A. A. actinomycetemcomitans.
- B. P. gingivalis.
- C. F. nucleatum.
- D. T. denticola.
- E. T. forsythia.
Hint
The keystone concept describes a low-abundance anaerobe that subverts complement and turns a symbiotic biofilm into a dysbiotic one.
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