Dear Colleagues,

Oral health is essential to general health and well-being at every stage of life. A healthy mouth enables not only nutrition of the physical body, but also enhances social interaction and promotes self-esteem and feelings of well-being. The mouth serves as a “window” to the rest of the body, providing signals of general health disorders. Oral and periodontal conditions have an impact on overall health and disease. Bacteria from the mouth can cause infection in other parts of the body when the immune system has been compromised by disease or medical treatments (e.g., infective endocarditis). Systemic conditions and their treatment are also known to impact on oral health (e.g., reduced saliva flow, altered  balance of oral microorganisms).
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide insight into the recent advances in the field of oral cancer and oral diseases. Potential topics in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, in-vitro and clinical research on oral cancers and oral diseases, and on the biomaterials involved in the oral health manteinance.
Studies incorporating a new approach or providing novel information are of higher priority. Systematic and narrative reviews in the field of dentistry mainly on infectious disease are also welcome.

It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Gaetano Isola
Guest Editor

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• Oral health
• oral microbiology
• oral bacteria
• oral diseases
• periodontal diseases
• peri-implant diseases
• dental infections
• oral surgery
• oral pathology
• dental biomaterials
• in-vitro research
• clinical research