Foreword - Note from the Editor-in-Chief

Abstract

Two major topics of JOURNAL OF ORAL MICROBIOLOGY are oral infections and systemic diseases. This thematic cluster of articles is devoted entirely to these topics and their interplay. The reason for this is that a relationship between oral infections and systemic diseases has increasingly been recognized over the past two decades. Systemic diseases involved include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, low birth-weight pre-term babies, respiratory disease, and several other conditions such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The oral diseases include, in particular, periodontal diseases.

(Published: 21 December 2010)

Citation: Journal of Oral Microbiology 2010, 2: 5778 - DOI: 10.3402/jom.v2i0.5778