(Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Sandor Nietzsche
Universitätsklinikum Jena
Elektronenmikroskopisches Zentrum
Ziegelmühlenweg 1
DE–07743 Jena (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Virginia Ortiz
University Center for Dental Medicine Basel UZB
Mattenstrasse 40
CH–4058 Basel (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Pune Nina Paqué
University of Zurich
Clinic of Conservative and Preventive Dentistry, Center
of Dental Medicine
Plattenstrasse 11
CH–8032 Zurich (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Georgios Romanos
Stony Brook University, School of Dental Medicine
Department of Periodontology
106 Rockland Hall
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8700 (USA)
E-Mail [email protected]
Giovanni E. Salvi
University of Bern
Department of Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH–3010 Bern (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Gottfried Schmalz
University Hospital Regensburg
Department for Conservative Dentistry and
Periodontology
Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11
DE–93053 Regensburg (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Eric Schmid
University of Bern
Department of Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH–3010 Bern (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Lara B. Schultze
University of Bern
Department of Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH–3010 Bern (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Frank Schwarz
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Policlinic for Dental Surgery
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
DE–60596 Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Anton Sculean
University of Bern
Department of Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH–3010 Bern (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Nadine Strafela-Bastendorf
Independent Dentist
Gairenstrasse 6
DE–73054 Eislingen (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Neil-Jérôme Stuck
University of Bern
Department of Periodontology
School of Dental Medicine
Freiburgstrasse 7
CH–3010 Bern (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Thomas Thurnheer
University of Zurich
Division of Oral Microbiology and Immunology
Plattenstrasse 11
CH–8032 Zurich (Switzerland)
E-Mail [email protected]
Annette Wittmer
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Department für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie
und Hygiene, Institut für Immunologie
Institut für medizinische Mikrobiologie
Hermann-Herder-Straße 11
DE–79104 Freiburg i.Br. (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Michael Wolf
Universitätsklinikum Aachen, AöR
Klinik für Kieferorthopädie
Pauwelsstraße 30
DE–52074 Aachen (Germany)
E-Mail [email protected]
Published online: December 21, 2020
Eick S (ed): Oral Biofilms. Monogr Oral Sci. Basel, Karger, 2021, vol 29, pp X–XI (DOI: 10.1159/000510204)
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Fifty-five years ago, a landmark article was published by a group of clinical researchers at the Royal Dental College of Aarhus, Denmark. With this clinical experiment entitled “Experimental Gingivitis in Man” a cause-and-effect relationship between “dental plaque” and the host response in the form of a gingivitis was established. Hence, Harald Löe and his coworkers had established the basic paradigm for the prevention as well as therapy of periodontal diseases. Some years later, van der Fehr and coworkers established a similar paradigm with their clinical study entitled “Experimental Caries in Man.” “Dental plaque” had become the major etiologic factor for the most frequently