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Volume 38, Issue 8 for October 2011

Aggressive periodontitis: how does an understanding of the pathogenesis affect treatment?

There has been considerable research into the role of Aa in the aetiology of AP and this has had a significant impact upon treatment. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans possesses a large number of virulence factors which may be relevant in the pathogenesis of AP. These factors are shown in Table 2..