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Article: Research reports from K. Mine and co-authors provide new insights into periodontitis.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, "Tannerella forsythia, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola are identified as the red complex which exists in high proportions in periodontally diseased patients. The aim of this study was to assess the microbiological risk for periodontitis of abutment teeth in subjects wearing removable partial dentures (RPDs) by measuring the red complex using BANA-ZymeTM test."
"Thirty-eight subjects (mean age: 62 center dot 2 years) with Kennedy Class II partially edentulous arch participated in this study. The red complex and clinical parameters, such as plaque index, gingival index, ...