Nils Werner, Iris Frasheri, Katrin Heck, Christina Ern, Richard Heym, Caspar Victor Bumm, Matthias Folwaczny
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Abstract
Objective
This study aims to analyse the association between the baseline microbial load of selected periodontopathogenic bacteria collected from gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and the primary outcome of steps I and II therapy.
Materials and methods
222 patients with stage III periodontitis were included into this retrospective analysis that received steps 1 and 2 periodontal therapy without adjunctive systemic antibiotics. Baseline GCF samples were quantitatively analysed using ELISA-based kits for levels of periodontopathogens (Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Prevotella intermedia (Pi), Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), Treponema denticola (Td), and Tannerella forsythia (Tf)) and associated with the primary therapy outcome using a “treat-to-target” therapy endpoint (TE) defined as ≤ 4 sites with PD ≥ 5 mm six months after therapy.
Results
38.2% of the patients achieved TE. Patients failing to achieve TE revealed significantly increased levels of Pg, Fn, and Tf at baseline (Pg: p = 0.010, Fn: p = 0.008 Tf: p = 0.004). Multivariate binary logistic regression adjusted for sex, mean probing depth, diabetes, and current smoking status showed an independent relationship between Tf and the TE (aOR 2.570, p = 0.023).
Conclusion
Increased microbial load is associated with decreased responsiveness to therapy. The findings suggest that specifically baseline Tf levels are associated with poorer treatment outcomes and might improve the accuracy of periodontal diagnosis.
Clinical relevance
The findings of this study support the concept of a critical biomass that is sufficient to induce and maintain an immune response within the periodontal pocket, which ultimately leads to irreversible tissue destruction. However, calculating this level in advance may serve as an early indicator for intervention.
Key finding
Baseline Tannerella forsythia levels are associated with poorer treatment outcome.
期刊介绍:
The journal Clinical Oral Investigations is a multidisciplinary, international forum for publication of research from all fields of oral medicine. The journal publishes original scientific articles and invited reviews which provide up-to-date results of basic and clinical studies in oral and maxillofacial science and medicine. The aim is to clarify the relevance of new results to modern practice, for an international readership. Coverage includes maxillofacial and oral surgery, prosthetics and restorative dentistry, operative dentistry, endodontics, periodontology, orthodontics, dental materials science, clinical trials, epidemiology, pedodontics, oral implant, preventive dentistiry, oral pathology, oral basic sciences and more.