Assessment of the role of Trichomonas tenax in the etiopathogenesis of human periodontitis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This systematic review was to assess the presence of Trichomonas tenax in patients with periodontitis and to elucidate its potential role in the onset and development of this disease.

Method

Systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and by consulting the five databases: Medline, Science Direct, Web of Science, Dentistry and Oral Science Sources and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Following Koch's postulates revisited by Socransky as PICO framework, this collection data was only including full text of clinical trials concerning patients with periodontitis, case-reports and in vitro research published between 1960 and March 2019.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Bisson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917263 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature