Molecular Insight into Oral Health: Disease and Medicine
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 552
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The meaning of “oral health” is broad. The oral cavity cannot be considered healthy if it is not clean, and nor can it in the presence of diseases and symptoms such as swelling or pain. In the promotion of oral health, it is necessary to consider not only the state of oral hygiene but also the factors that promote or hinder it.
For instance, the congenital or medical suppression of salivation impairs self-cleaning by saliva, resulting in poor oral hygiene. Motor or cognitive impairments, resulting from conditions such as Parkinson’s disease or dementia, may prevent adequate oral cleaning. Consequently, the mouth becomes dirty, halitosis and caries are more likely to occur, and periodontal disease is more likely to progress. Additionally, dental and occlusal disorders are a major cause of oral health problems.
Conversely, fluoride and xylitol can prevent dental caries, and oral care drugs can promote oral health by preventing the development and progression of dental caries and periodontal disease.
In this Special Issue, we aim to compile the results of studies on biomolecules and bacterial molecules. We are also seeking to compile review articles on these molecules’ mechanisms of action, pathogenesis, and the diagnosis and treatment of the factors, diseases, and symptoms that affect oral health.
Dr. Norio Sogawa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oral health
- disease
- molecular medicine
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