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Bacterial diseases of the oral cavity
Disease Causative agent
Dental caries Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinis
Gingivitis Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Peptostreptococcus
Peridontitis Actinobacillus, Porphyromonas, Bacteroides, Treponema

Pommerville, J. C. (2014) Fundamentals of microbiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. page 354

Human oral bacterial microbiota

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The human oral microbiota is made up of of the numerous species of bacterial found in the mouths of humans. Most, called commensals do not usually cause infections and some species are beneficial to health.[1]