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3469222

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
The morphological composition of the subgingival plaque associated with active periodontitis lesions and comparable inactive control lesions were determined in a 36-year-old patient with advanced periodontal disease. Monthly measurements of the clinical attachment level were subjected to linear regression analysis as a function of time. Attachment loss was recorded during the monitoring period at 10 sites, with loss of 2 mm or more at 6 sites. Plaque samples taken from these 6 sites and from 6 control sites with similar clinical conditions were not of uniform composition. Active lesions harboured on average 46% more cocci and twice as many large spirochetes as inactive control lesions. A linear regression analysis of the proportions of different morphotypes in the subgingival plaque versus the calculated monthly attachment loss rate at the time of sampling provided only very weak correlations, if at all. The observations made in the patient under investigation suggest that there is no great probability of suspected differences in the floras of active and inactive lesions being detected by dark-field analysis alone. The role of motile rods and spirochetes may have been over-rated hitherto.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0303-6979
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
110-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-10-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution of morphologically different micro-organisms associated with active periodontal lesions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports