Apoptosis in Chronic Adult Periodontitis Analyzed by <i>In Situ</i> DNA Breaks, Electron Microscopy, and Immunohistochemistry

Abstract

Our findings establish that apoptosis is induced in the periodontal tissue by host and microbial factors and support the hypothesis that apoptotic mechanisms could be implicated in the inflammatory process associated with gingival tissue destruction observed in adult periodontitis patients.