Subgingival microbiota in healthy, well‐maintained elder and periodontitis subjects

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<jats:p><jats:bold>Abstract. </jats:bold> This investigation compared the site prevalence of 40 subgingival species in 30 periodontally healthy (mean age 36±9 years). 35 elders with a well‐maintained periodontium (mean age 77±5) and 138 adult periodontitis subjects (mean age 46± 11). Subgingival plaque samples were taken from the mesial aspect of each tooth (up to 28 samples) in the 203 subjects at baseline. The presence and levels of 40 subgingival taxa were determined in 5003 plaque samples using whole genomic DNA probes and checkerboard DNA‐DNA hybridization. Clinical assessments including dichotomous measures of gingival redness, bleeding on probing, plaque accumulation and suppuration, as well as duplicate measures of pocket depth and attachment level, were made at 6 sites per tooth. The % of sites colonized by each species (prevalence) was computed for each subject. Differences in prevalence and levels among groups were sought using the Kruskal‐Wallis test. Commonly detected species, such as <jats:italic>Actinomyces naeslundii</jats:italic> genospecies 2, <jats:italic>Streptococcus sanguis</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Streptococcus oralis</jats:italic> did not differ significantly among subject groups. After adjusting for multiple comparisons, 4 species were significantly elevated and at greater prevalence in the periodontitis group. Mean % of sites (±SEM) colonized by <jats:italic>Bacteroides forsythus</jats:italic> was 10±3, 12±2 and 40±2 (p<0.001) for healthy, elder and periodontitis groups respectively. The odds ratio was 14.4:1 that a subject had periodontitis when <jats:italic>B. forsythus</jats:italic> was detected at ≥5% of sampled sites. Mean prevalence for <jats:italic>Porphyromonas gingivalis</jats:italic> in healthy, elder and periodontitis subjects was 4±2, 5±2 and 23±2 respectively (p<0.001); for <jats:italic>Treponema denticola</jats:italic> 12±4, 10±3 and 30±2 (p<0.001) and for <jats:italic>Selenomonas noxia</jats:italic> 6±2, 7±2 and 19±2 (p<0.01). Similar differences among subject groups were observed when only sites with PD 0‐4 mm were analyzed. The data suggest an etiologic role for <jats:italic>B. forsythus, P. gingivalis, T. denticola</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. noxia</jats:italic> in adult periodontitis.</jats:p>

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