Alveolar bone resorption and Th1/Th17‐associated immune response triggered during <i>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans</i>‐induced experimental periodontitis are serotype‐dependent

Abstract

These results demonstrate that periodontal lesions induced with different A. actinomycetemcomitans serotypes elicited distinct alveolar bone resorption and immune response. In particular, serotype b was more pathogenic than the others and induced stronger Th1 and Th17 patterns of immune responses during experimental periodontitis.