SCREENING OF PERIODONTOPATHIC BACTERIA IN ITALIAN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY PERIODONTITIS


Article ID: 5500
Vol 33, Issue 6S1, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha5500
Received: 8 January 2020; Accepted: 8 January 2020; Available online: 8 January 2020; Issue release: 8 January 2020

Abstract

Periodontal disease (PD) is among the most common infectious diseases in the world, caused by pathogenic bacteria that trigger innate, inflammatory, and adaptive immune responses, leading to the destruction of supporting periodontal tissues and, if untreated, tooth loss. This study included 3593 patients, of them 1963 had a complete dataset and thus were analysed: 1088 (55%) were from Northern Italy, 749 (38%) from Central and 126 (7%) from Southern. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gengivalis, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia, Campylobacter rectus, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and total bacterial load were investigated. There was a significant difference in geographic distribution as regard A. actinomycetemcomitans (p< 0.001), C. rectus (p< 0.001), F. nucleatum (p< 0.001) and total bacterial load (p< 0.001). No differences were detected as regard gender, whereas a significant higher F. nucleatum load was observed in younger patients.


Keywords

periodontitis;pathogens;bacteria;population;oral disease


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