© 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. A sensible hypothesis is that host genetic variants affect not only the individual ability to respond to microbial challenges, thus predisposing to the onset of acute ...

Tooth eruption is characterized by a concert of mechanisms that result in the emergence of teeth in the oral cavity. Genetic variants seem to regulate this process and the formation of a gingival sulcus around the teeth. ...