1/16 Nguyen Microbiology of Periodontal Disease Flashcards
Define periodontitis
Bacterial infection of supporting tissue around teeth
Periodontitis is a _____ disease
Chronic inflammatory
With periodontitis, local environment changes correlates with a shift in _____. There is a decrease in _____ and an increase in ______
bacterial population; Gram positive bacteria; oral treponemes and gram negative bacteria
Development of gingivitis follows what pattern?
- Biofilm formation
- Plaque development
- gingivitis
What happens after cessation of dental hygiene for 7 days?
Biofilm on tooth surfaces, leads to plaque and gingivitis
At first, biofilm formation is started by ____ bacteria. After 48 hours, there is a ____ in Streptococci. After 10 days, the bacteria found are?
70% streptococci; decrease; highly diverse, orange and red complex bacteria
Plaque hypothesis: non-specific plaque
All plaque is bad, large amount produces periodontitis
Plaque hypothesis: specific plaque
Specific organisms cause periodontitis
Plaque hypothesis: ecological plaque
- Stressors induce changes towards diseases
- shift balance towards disease
Ecological plaque hypothesis - examples of stressors
- physiologic
- environmental
- chemical
Describe the pathway of gingivitis onset (ecological plaque hypothesis)
- Increased plaque with stress produces increased inflammation
- Environmental change causes high GCF flow, inc. pH, low Eh
- Ecological shift causes increase in Gram negative flora
Periodontal disease main risk factor
Smoking (greatest independent factor, 3-8x risk)
Example of a local factor that attributes towards periodontal disease
Appliances (brackets)
Good oral health has what kind of bacterial population?
- microbial diversity
- more commensal/facultative organisms
- fewer gram +/- rods
In periodontitis, there is a marked shift towards:
Gram-negative anaerobes (bacilli)
Anaerobes that live in deep crevices
Where is gingivitis located around the tooth/gums?
- Small amount that ends near CEJ
- less recession, smaller
Where is periodontitis located around the tooth/gums?
- more plaque, deeper, can extend to the root
- more recession
Gram positive streptococci are considered _____ colonizers
Pioneer and early colonizers
Pioneer organisms attach to:
Tooth surface covered with acquired pellicle
____ link pioneer organisms to late colonizers using adhesion/receptor mechanisms
Early colonizers
Gram-negative bacteria are considered ____ colonizers
Late/secondary and tertiary
Which bacteria are highly associated with periodontitis?
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tannerella forsythia
____ is associated with aggressive periodontitis
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
_____ is associated with chronic periodontitis
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tannerella forsythia
Oral ecologic succession: what complexes are the first to colonize?
Yellow, green, purple complexes
(gram-positive early tooth colonizers)
Oral ecologic succession: what complexes are second to colonize?
Green (some), orange, red
(Gram-negatives)
Red complex organisms are ____ implicated in periodontal disease
Strongly
There is _____ associated with red complex organisms
biochemical interdependence
form red-red complexes together
What are the red complex organisms?
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Tannerella forsythia
- Treponema denticola
P. gingivalis classification
- gram-negative rod
- non-motile
- anaerobic
P. gingivalis virulence factors
- fimbriae (adhesion)
- LPS (endotoxin, inflammation)
- Capsular polysaccharide to evade host defenses
- Proteases: gingipains (PMN inhibition, tissue damage)
What is the function of P. gingivalis gingipains?
- PMN inhibition
- tissue damage
Mode of action of Porphyromonas gingivalis
- P. gingivalis infection in periodontal pocket
- hijacking of local complement system
- amplification of local antimicrobial activity
- profound change in local microbiota composition
- chronic inflammation
P. gingivalis gingipains activate ____ in periodontal tissues
PAR2