Prevalence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Periodontal Findings among 14 to 15-Year Old Danish Adolescents: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Study Population
2.2. Carrier Status of A. actinomycetemcomitans
2.3. Periodontal Outcomes of the Participants According to A. actinomycetemcomitans-Carrier Status
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Population
4.2. Clinical Examination
4.3. Periodontal Outcomes
4.4. Biological Samples
4.4.1. Stimulated Saliva Samples
4.4.2. Subgingival Plaque Samples
4.4.3. Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
4.5. Statistical Analysis
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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No. of District of Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark | No. of Participants (%) | District Size According to the Total no. of Individuals Born in Year 2003 in the Municipality (%) | Proportion of Individuals with a Danish Ethnic Background (%) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 93 (17.7) | 16.9 | 93.9 |
2 | 72 (13.7) | 13.9 | 76.9 |
3 | 95 (18.1) | 18.0 | 59.4 |
4 | 102 (19.4) | 17.7 | 90.4 |
5 | 96 (18.3) | 18.5 | 75.0 |
6 | 67 (12.7) | 14.9 | 84.0 |
Periodontal Outcomes | Individuals Positive for Aa (n = 70) | Individuals with no Aa (n = 455) | Total (n = 525) |
---|---|---|---|
No. of individuals with PS 1 > 20% (%) | 54 (77.1) | 327 (71.9) | 381 (72.6) |
No. of individuals with BOP 2 > 10% (%) | 66 (94.3) | 431 (94.6) | 497 (94.7) |
No. of individuals with PPD 3 ≥ 4 mm (%) | 26 (37.1)* | 83 (18.2) * | 109 (20.0) |
No. of individuals with interdental CAL 4 ≥ 2 mm (%) | 4 (5.7)* | 5 (1.1) * | 9 (1.7) |
Periodontal Outcomes | Individuals Positive for Aa in Subgingival Plaque (n = 51) | Individuals Positive for Aa in Stimulated Saliva (n = 54) | Individuals Positive for Aa in Subgingival Plaque only (n = 16) | Individuals Positive for Aa in Saliva only (n = 19) | Individuals Positive for Aa in both Saliva and Subgingival Plaque (n = 35) | Individuals with no Aa (n = 455) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of individuals with PS 1 > 20% (%) | 44 (86.3) * | 42 (77.8) | 12 (75.0) | 10 (52.6) | 32 (91.4) * | 327 (71.9) |
No. of individuals with BOP 2 > 10% (%) | 50 (98.0) | 51 (94.4) | 15 (93.6) | 16 (84.2) | 35 (100) | 431 (94.6) |
No. of individuals with PPD 3 ≥ 4 mm (%) | 20 (39.2) * | 22 (40.7)* | 4 (25.0) | 6 (31.6) | 16 (45.7) * | 83 (18.2) * |
No. of individuals with interdental CAL 4 ≥ 2 mm (%) | 4 (7.8) * | 3 (5.6)* | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (8.6) * | 5 (1.1) * |
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Jensen, A.B.; Isidor, F.; Lund, M.; Væth, M.; Johansson, A.; Lauritsen, N.N.; Haubek, D. Prevalence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Periodontal Findings among 14 to 15-Year Old Danish Adolescents: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Pathogens 2020, 9, 1054. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9121054
Jensen AB, Isidor F, Lund M, Væth M, Johansson A, Lauritsen NN, Haubek D. Prevalence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Periodontal Findings among 14 to 15-Year Old Danish Adolescents: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Pathogens. 2020; 9(12):1054. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9121054
Chicago/Turabian StyleJensen, Anne Birkeholm, Flemming Isidor, Marianne Lund, Michael Væth, Anders Johansson, Niels Nørskov Lauritsen, and Dorte Haubek. 2020. "Prevalence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Periodontal Findings among 14 to 15-Year Old Danish Adolescents: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study" Pathogens 9, no. 12: 1054. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9121054