Old age and other factors associated with salivary microbiome variation

• Published in: BMC oral health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 490 - 9
• Main Authors: Schwartz, Joel L., Peña, Natalia, Kawar, Nadia, Zhang, Andrew, Callahan, Nicholas, Robles, Steven J., Griebel, Andrew, Adami, Guy R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.10.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aging; Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Burkholderiaceae; Clostridiales; Composition; Dental caries; Dental implants; Edentulous; Gender; Gum disease; Health aspects; Humans; Inflammation; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Old age; Oral hygiene; Periodontal disease; Periodontal diseases; Physiological aspects; Polypharmacy; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Saliva; Saliva - microbiology; Saliva microbiome; Salivary glands; secretions; Software; Teeth; Variance analysis; United States; United States > US; Aging; Periodontal disease; Polypharmacy; Saliva microbiome

Many factors can contribute to the exact makeup of the salivary microbiome. Differences in the oral microbiome occur with old age, which may be due to oral conditions and diseases associated with old age, such as edentulism, as well as other unknown causes. The salivary microbiome was sampled in pat...