title: Progression of periodontal inflammation in adolescents is associated with increased number of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Tannerella forsythensis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to evaluate the change of related subgingival periodontopathogens among different stage of gingivitis in adolescent and assess the relationship between periodontopathogens and the progression of periodontal inflammation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 77 subgingival plaque samples from 35 adolescent individuals were divided into three groups including gingivitis group (mild, 15 samples; moderate, 16 samples; severe, 15 samples), chronic periodontitis group (15 samples) and healthy group (15 samples). Real-time PCR was used to quantitate Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, Tannerella forsythensis, and Fusobacterium nucleatum in subgingival plaque samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All species, except for F. nucleatum, were detected in samples from gingivitis and periodontitis groups in significantly greater number than in those from healthy group (P < 0.05). In gingivitis groups, the number of P. gingivalis, T. forsythensis, and F. nucleatum in moderate and severe gingivitis groups was significantly higher than in mild gingivitis group (P < 0.05). After merging moderate gingivitis and severe gingivitis groups into moderate-to-severe gingivitis group, the four periodontopathogens were detected in samples from periodontitis group in significantly greater number than in those from moderate-to-severe gingivitis group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The number of P. gingivalis, P. intermedia, T. forsythensis, and F. nucleatum in subgingival plaque increases with progression of periodontal inflammation in adolescents. Examination of periodontopathogens number in adolescents may be of some value for monitoring of periodontal disease development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ning-Yan
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin-Lu
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sheng-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D016967:Fusobacterium nucleatum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018713:Prevotella intermedia / Q000302:isolation & purification*