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Bacterial diseases of the oral cavity

Disease	Causative agent
Dental caries	Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinis
Gingivitis	Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Peptostreptococcus
Peridontitis	Actinobacillus, Porphyromonas, Bacteroides, Treponema

Pommerville, J. C. (2014) Fundamentals of microbiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. page 354

Human oral bacterial microbiota

The human oral microbiota is made up of of the numerous species of bacterial found in the mouths of humans. Most, called commensals do not usually cause infections and some species are beneficial to health.