Evaluation of periodontal pathogens of the mandibular third molar pericoronitis by using real time PCR.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the mandibular third molar pericoronitis flora by using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Materials and methods

The quantitative values of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Campylobacter rectus (Cr), Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), Prevotella intermedia (Pi) and Tannerella forsythia (Tf) were evaluated in comparison with the healthy third molar flora by using real time PCR.

Results

Aa, Cr, Pg, and Pi were not statistically significant but numerically higher than the pericoronitis group. In contrast to samples from control subjects, statistically significant higher numbers of Tf were detected in samples from pericoronitis patients. The study revealed the strong relation

SUBMITTER: Sencimen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376417 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature