Dental Care, Prevention and Genetic Testing - March 6, 2015

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Dental Care, Prevention and Genetic Testing - March 6, 2015

Preventing tooth loss with biannual dental visits and genetic testing: Does it work?
Ioannidis John P A et al. J Am Dent Assoc 2015 Mar (3) 141-3

Interleukin 1 genetic tests provide no support for reduction of preventive dental care.
Diehl Scott R et al. J Am Dent Assoc 2015 Mar (3) 164-173.e4

Counterpoint: Risk factors, including genetic information, add value in stratifying patients for optimal preventive dental care.
Braun Thomas M et al. J Am Dent Assoc 2015 Mar (3) 174-8

Genetic factors affecting dental caries risk.
Opal S et al. Aust Dent J 2015 Mar (1) 2-11

Genetic susceptibility to dental caries differs between the sexes: A family-based study.
Shaffer John R et al. Caries Res. 2015 (2) 133-40

Influence of genetic and environmental factors on oral diseases and function in aged twins.
Kurushima Y et al. J Oral Rehabil 2015 Jan (1) 49-56

Caries: review of human genetics research.
Vieira Alexandre R et al. Caries Res. 2014 (5) 491-506

Genetic association of MPPED2 and ACTN2 with dental caries.
Stanley B O C et al. J. Dent. Res. 2014 May 8. (7) 626-632

Clinical application of genetics to guide prevention and treatment of oral diseases.
Kornman K S et al. Clin. Genet. 2014 Jul (1) 44-9

Application of metagenomics in understanding oral health and disease.
Xu Ping et al. Virulence 2014 Apr 1. (3) 424-32

Periodontal Disease, Family History & Genetics - December 5, 2013

CDC information: Periodontal diseases risk factors include smoking, poor oral hygiene, diabetes, genetics and other factors.

Genetics and aggressive periodontal disease: An update review.  [PDF 501.22 KB] 
Deepika Bali et al. Journal of Oral Health & Community Dentistry (2012)

Did you know? 187 genes have been reported in relation to risk & outcomes of periodontitis, including 5 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator

Find out which genetic conditions and tests are associated with periodontitis from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry