Journal of Dental Research Special Issue Explores a New Era for the Oral Microbiome

The June 2020 issue of Journal of Dental Research brings together a collection of the latest research on the oral microbiome. This issue includes reviews and reports of new tools for analyzing microbial communities and for cultivating microbial species, according to the journal. 

Topics include:

• Reviews and reports of new tools for analyzing microbial communities and for cultivating microbial species, including new members of the Saccharibacteria and other difficult-to-culture taxa
• The oral microbiome in animal models with a view to understanding the stability of the microbiome and responses to periodontitis
• The structural and functional characteristics of the human oral microbiome in connection with dental caries, periodontitis or medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Evidence that the oral microbiome is involved in oral cancer and diabetes mellitus