Dental Health, Gum Disease-Causing Bacteria also Induces Protective Protein to Destroy Jaw Bone
Researchers at University of Michigan have found that the newly-discovered bacterium that leads to gum disease is also responsible for triggering a normally protective protein in the mouth to destroy more bone.
Scientists and oral health care providers have known for decades that bacteria are responsible for periodontitis, or gum disease. Until now, however, they hadn’t identified the bacterium.