Alteration of the oral microbiota may be a responsible factor, along with estrogen deficiency, by the development of larger periapical lesions.

Marília Pacífico LucisanoRaquel Assed Bezerra da SilvaAna Patrícia de Sousa PereiraPriscilla Coutinho RomualdoMagda FeresAlexandra Mussolino de QueirozPaulo Nelson-FilhoLea Assed Bezerra da Silva

Published in: Clinical oral investigations (2020)

This inedited study shows that deficiency of estrogen leads to alteration of the oral microbiota.

Keyphrases

estrogen receptor
replacement therapy