Annals and Essences of Dentistry
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

Role of actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in periodontal diseases

  • Author:
  • Asha Latha Tella, Sreenivas Nagarakanti, Jana Kumar Amulum
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 21 to 24

Department of Periodontics, Narayana Dental College and Hospital , Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Asha Latha Tella, Reader, Department of Periodontics, Narayana Dental college, Nellore. Phone No: 9989481600, Email; drasha_23@yahoo.com

Online published on 5 November, 2016.

Abstract

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (AA comitans) is an important pathogenic microorganism of various periodontal diseases. The pathogenic mechanisms of AA comitans and its is role in Periodontal diseases is discussed here

Keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Periodontal diseases, pathogenesis