1Post Graduate, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, BIHER, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Since evolution, the oral cavity has served as a natural housing for numerous species of microbial colonies, which includes both beneficial and harmful organisms. They have developed various defensive mechanisms over time, and have known to survive hand in hand within the various human organs. An ecological balance is always maintained between these beneficial and harmful bacteria, which inturn keeps the hosts’ organ systems in harmony. A plethora of deleterious effects may occur in the host when this harmony is disrupted. This article explains briefly about the harmful effects of oral dysbiosis and the role of oral physicians in controlling it.
Dysbiosis, microbes, oral physicians
