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Bacteria and Periodontal Disease

1964

In a 1964 paper in the Archives of Oral Biology, intramural researchers Harold Jordan and Paul Keyes published the results of experiments confirming that given a particular diet, a bacteria found in plaque would cause periodontal disease. Subsequent research identified the bacteria, Odontomyces viscous, and detected its presence in humans.

A paper by Harold Jordan and Paul Keyes titled Aerobic, Gram-Positive, Filamentous Bacteria as Etiologic Agents of Experimental Periodontal Disease in Hamsters.

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