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This chapter discusses generalized and localized aggressive periodontitis. The generalized form is mediated by genetic defects or perhaps by altered cytokine or hormonal responses to stress making the gingiva exceptionally sensitive to products from the successor microbiota (Sect. 1). The localized form is primarily caused by infection of the gingival sulci by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Sect. 2).
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Levine, M. (2011). Aggressive Periodontitis. In: Topics in Dental Biochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88116-2_14
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