A rationale for management of periodontal diseases: rapid identification of microbial 'therapeutic targets' with phase-contrast microscopy.
Monitoring the composition of subgingival flora can provide clinicians with a supplement to periodontal diagnosis and therapy. Conventional bacteriologic culturing may be clinically impractical, but direct microscopy may not.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000166:cytology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology; D010519:Periodontium / Q000382:microbiology; D013144:Spirochaetales / Q000166:cytology