Insights into the Oral Microbiome and Its Modulation
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 367
Special Issue Editors
Interests: NGS; oral microbiome; biofilms; dysbiosis; health; systemic diseases; bioinformatics; metagenomics; metatranscriptomics
Interests: oral microbiome; biofilms; host-microbe interaction
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Dear Colleagues,
The human oral cavity harbours more than 700 microbial species. These microbes form a complex and diverse microbial community and inhabit different niches in the oral cavity. In a healthy state, the oral microbiome and the host tissue maintain a delicate balance and form a symbiotic relationship. However, environmental stresses, for example, poor oral hygiene or systemic inflammatory disease can shift the composition of the oral microbiome from homeostasis to dysbiosis and eventually contribute to the development of oral diseases such as dental caries, periodontitis, and candidiasis. To prevent and treat these diseases, we used to focus on microbe removal/death. With the improved knowledge of the oral ecosystem, microbiome modulation strategies are being implemented that aim to restore the homeostasis between the microbiome and the host.
This Special Issue will focus on the current state-of-the-art methods and knowledge of oral disease treatment and prevention.
We welcome original papers and reviews (including systematic and scoping reviews) that investigate and discuss at least one of the following:
- Association of the oral microbiome and systemic diseases.
- Microbiome modulation strategies or other novel strategies to treat and/or prevent oral dysbiosis.
- The use of the oral microbiome as a biomarker for the early diagnosis of oral and systemic diseases.
- Complex interactions that are at play, including environmental factors (the importance of clinical and metadata in NGS analyses).
Dr. Thuy Do
Dr. Dongmei Deng
Dr. Nailê Damé-Teixeira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral microbiome
- oral infectious diseases
- systemic disease
