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From: Impact of aging on TREM-1 responses in the periodontium: a cross-sectional study in an elderly population

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Oral microbiota levels in the subgingival plaque from elderly individuals with periodontal health (n = 17), gingivitis (n = 19), and chronic periodontitis (n = 15). The individual values represent bacterial counts per sample in the subgingival plaque (a) Total bacterial counts, (b) F. nucleatum, (c) P. intermedia, (d) P. gingivalis, (e) T. denticola, and (f) T. forsythia. The horizontal lines in the middle of the box represent the median and whiskers are drawn down to the 10th through 90th percentiles. The points below and above the whiskers are drawn as individual dots

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