VIRULENCE-ASSOCIATED CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS, AN ORAL AND NONORAL PATHOGEN

Susanna Paju

Department of Periodontology,
Institute of Dentistry,
University of Helsinki, Finland

Academic dissertation

To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki, for public examination in the main auditorium of the Institute of Dentistry, Mannerheimintie 172, Helsinki, on 25 February, 2000, at 12 noon.

ISBN 951-45-9128-3 (HTML version)
Helsingin yliopiston verkkojulkaisut
Helsinki 2000

Supervised by

Docent Sirkka Asikainen, DDS, PhD
Institute of Dentistry
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland

Professor Veli-Jukka Uitto, DDS, PhD,
Faculty of Dentistry
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Reviewed by

Docent Anja Siitonen, PhD
National Public Health Institute
Helsinki, Finland

Docent Matti K. Viljanen, MD, PhD
National Public Health Institute
Turku, Finland

Official opponent

Associate Professor Frank A. Scannapieco, DMD, PhD
School of Dental Medicine
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
Buffalo, USA