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Bacterial morphotypes in periodontal pockets of diabetic patients
Miljenko Bačić
; Zavod za parodontologiju, Stomatološki fakultet Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to assess the percentage of microbial morphotypes in samples of subgingival plaque taken from diabetic patients, using a darkfield microscope technique. The group consisted of 31 patienssuffering from type I or type II diabetes, and a comparative group comprised of 22 systemically normal subjects with a periodontal disease. The subjects of both groups had deep periodontal pockets at the sites of sampling (X = 6.0 vs. 6.3) and they were also found to have similar clinical values for both gingivitis (Gl) and plaque index (PI). The percentag of pockets with suppuration was higher in patients with diabetes mellitus. The findings obtained indicated the mean percentage of spirochaetes to be very similar in the two groups examined (48.3 vs. 48.1), and so was the percentage of rods (30.2 vs. 29. 8). The mean percentage of motile rods was higher in diabetic patients (9.6 vs. 5.5; P < 0.001), but the percentage of cocci was significantly higher in systemically healthy subjects (7.6 vs. 4.0; P < 0.001). In spite of limitation s posed by a techniqe of darkfield microscope, a conclusion is suggested that in the subingival flora of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus some more pathogenic microbial morphotypes are present as compared to the control group of subjects.
Ključne riječi
diabetes mellitus; periodontal disease; bacterial morphotypes
Hrčak ID:
105136
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.1987.
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