“…Ahn et al in a study examining saliva in dentate subjects showed the 10 most common genera in the oral microbiome were Streptococcus, Veillonella, Leptotrichia, Prevotella, Haemophilus, Capnocytophaga, Rothia, Gamella, Neisseria, and Lactococcus , a result supported by other similar studies (Ahn, Chen, & Hayes, ; Bik et al, ; Keijser et al, ). Others have examined the oral microbiome of edentulous patients, though this was done consistently with dentures in place (Marsh, Percival, & Challacombe, ; O'Donnell et al, ; Sachdeo, Haffajee, & Socransky, ; Shi et al, ). An early study showed that denture wearers produced saliva with more abundance of Lactobacilli, Staphylococci, Streptococci , and yeast than dentate subjects (Marsh et al, ).…”