This cross-sectional analysis included 584 participants in the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia cohort 1 (COHRA1). We sequenced the V4 region of the 16S rRNA of supragingival plaque from 185 caries-active and 565 caries-free teeth using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Sequences were filtered using the R DADA2 package and assigned taxonomy using the Human Oral Microbiome Database ( http://www.homd.org/).
