Advances in biomarkers and diagnostics in periodontitis and oral diseases

The aim of the special issue “New Biomarkers and Diagnostics in Oral Cancer and Oral Diseases” was to provide insight into the recent advances in the field of oral cancer and oral diseases. More specifically, among published manuscripts, Mazurek-Mochol et al. examined the association between the IL-17F rs763780 and IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphisms and periodontitis in non-smoking and smoking patients to check if these polymorphisms could be a risk factor for periodontitis. Interestingly, they found a lack of statistically significant associations between IL-17F rs763780 and IL-17A rs2275913 polymorphisms and periodontitis in a European population