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Serum antibody levels to oral microorganisms in children and young adults with relation to the severity of gingival disease.

The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the IgG and IgM serum antibody levels to 10 microorganisms involved in periodontal diseases in children and young adults with no systemic disease, but with either minimal/none or severe gingival inflammation. Blood samples from 15 children and 14 young adults were collected. Seven children and nine adults had minimal or no gingival inflammation; the rest had severe gingivitis. Kruskal-Wallis H analysis indicated significant differences among the age groups in the IgM values for all microorganisms and for most organisms in the IgG values. The contrast coefficient matrix values between children and young adults were significant for all the microorganisms for the IgM values and for most of the organisms for the IgG values when the severity of the disease was not taken into consideration. However, when the severity of the disease was also considered, the contrast coefficient matrix values for most of the microorganisms were not significant for both the IgG and IgM values. Age had a more significant influence on the serum antibody levels than the severity of the disease, mostly in the IgM values.

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PubMed1986

A clinical and microbiologic examination of gingival disease in parapubescent females.

A longitudinal study of 18 subjects progressing normally through puberty (Group 1) and a cross-sectional study of nine subjects with precocious puberty (Group 2) were undertaken to evaluate the effect of puberty on clinical and microbiologic parameters of periodontal health. The most inflamed first molar was selected for subgingival plaque sampling. There was no significant change in mean Plaque Index (PlI), Gingival Index (GI) or dark-field microscopic counts of the associated microflora in Group 1 from session to session. Individual subjects changing black pigmented Bacteroides (BPB) carrier status at a session also experienced a change in GI when compared to the group as a whole. A positive correlation was observed between GI and PlI at all sessions in the study. No radiographic evidence of destructive periodontal disease was observed. A correlation was noted between the presence, but not the levels, of BPB and plasma estradiol concentration in Group 2 subjects. Isolation of BPB, almost all B. intermedius, was not correlated with physical maturation in either group. During puberty, mild gingivitis may exist prior to detectable colonization by spirochetes or BPB. Hormonal events of puberty do not necessarily foster the colonization of pathogens implicated in adult periodontitis.

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PubMed2003

A clinical trial of the effect of a mouth-rinse prepared with Lippia sidoides Cham essential oil in dogs with mild gingival disease.

We evaluated the effect of a mouth-rinse prepared using Lippia sidoides essential oil (EO) in dogs with marginal gingivitis. German Shepherd dogs were distributed in two groups: control (control mouth-rinse) and EO (EO mouth-rinse). Both mouth-rinses were applied on the dogs' teeth every 2 days for 2 weeks. At day 0 and day 15, the scores for plaque-bacteria (P), calculus (C), gingivitis (G) and the inflammatory infiltrate (INF) were evaluated blindly. The results were analyzed by the Wilcoxon signed-rank and Mann-Whitney tests (P</=0.05). P, C, G, and INF did not show any alteration in the control group, while in the EO group there were significant reductions in these scores.

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