@article{93260,
  keywords = {Dental caries, leprosy, PCR, Periodontium, Vaccine},
  author = {Bommanavar S and Hosmani J and Khan S and Bhandi S and Patil S and Alamir A and Sarode S and Awan K},
  title = {Current updates on dental perspectives of leprosy - Revisited.},
  abstract = {<p>The present review summarizes the current updates on dental perspectives on leprosy and the affording factors that are responsible for the prevalence of caries and periodontal diseases in leprosy. It also highlights immunopathological phenomena and reactional episodes of leprosy that occur due to daedal interactions between the perio-odontopathic bacteria and M. leprae. In addition, a brief introduction, historiography, classification and clinicopathological aspects are also been covered.</p>},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {Disease-a-month : DM},
  pages = {100918},
  month = {12/2019},
  issn = {1557-8194},
  doi = {10.1016/j.disamonth.2019.100918},
  language = {eng},
}