Etiology Flashcards
Periodontal Pathogenesis Factors
Periodontal Pathogenesis flow chart
Materia Alba
*White cheeselike accumulation
*A soft accumulation of salivary proteins, bacteria, desquamated epithelial cells, and food debris
*No organized structure
*Easily displaced with a water spray
Dental Plaque
*Resilient clear to yellow-grayish substance
*Primarily composed of bacteria in a matrix of
salivary glycoproteins and bacterial products
*Considered to be a biofilm
*Impossible to remove by rinsing or spraying
Calculus
*Mineralized dental plaque forms the hard
deposit
*Generally covered by a layer of unmineralized
dental plaque
What is Dental Plaque?
The structurally and functionally organized,
species-rich microbial biofilms that form on teeth
plaque is main etiology for?
Main etiology for
Periodontal diseases
Dental caries
Dental Plaque
Composition
Water: 70% total
Microorganisms: 70% dry weight
Intracellular Matrix: 30% dry weight
Dental Plaque Intracellular Matrix organic components
Polysaccharides
Proteins
Glycoproteins
Lipids
dental plaque intracell matrix inorganic components
Calcium- Phosphorous
Other minerals
Sodium
Potassium
Fluoride
- 1 gram of plaque contains approximately
____ bacteria
10^11
- More than ____ distinct microbial species
can be identified with highly sensitive
molecular techniques in plaque
500
Sites of Plaque Accumulation
Gingival thirds
Cracks, pits and fissures
Under overhanging restorations
Around malaligned teeth
dental plaque location classification
Classification based on the position on the
tooth surface toward the gingival margin
Supragingival plaque
marginal plaque
Subgingival plaque
Subgingival plaque types
*Tooth attached plaque
*Unattached plaque
*Epithelial associated plaque
Supragingival plaque spp/morph? why? diversity?
Gram+ cocci and short rods
Aerobic environment
Slight diversity
Subgingival plaque spp/morph? why? diversity?
Gram- rods and spirochete
Anaerobic environment
Great diversity
Supragingival plaque can lead to:
Calculus formation and root caries
Marginal plaque leads to:
Direct contact with gingival margin
Initiation and development of gingivitis
subg plaque leads to:
Tissue destruction
suprag and subg plaque with perio tx
Disruption of both is critical during periodontal treatment.
No supragingival plaque control following disruption of subgingival microflora allows rapid repopulation of microorganisms that could lead to periodontitis.
Formation of Dental Plaque steps
Step 1: Formation of the pellicle
Step 2: Initial colonization of bacteria
Step 3: Secondary colonization and plaque
maturation
Formation of the pellicle
Initial colonization of bacteria
Secondary colonization and plaque maturation
Acquired pellicle
Adsorption of a conditioning film
- An organic material layer coated on all surfaces in the oral cavity, including hard and soft tissues.
- Components derived from saliva and crevicular fluid.
- Gram+ facultative microorganisms are involved
Initial stage of the development of the plaque
occurs at enamel within 1 min
Formation of the Pellicle: binding of 1 colonizers
interactions? effects of this? timeframe?
*Reversible adhesion between the microbial cell surface (adhesins) and the conditioning film (receptors)
- Alters the charge and the free energy of the surface which increases efficiency of the bacterial adhesion
occurs at enamel within 2 hrs
Initial Colonization
*Adherence - Coadhesion
- Primary colonizers - secondary colonizers
- Bacterial mass continue to grow
- Alteration in the oxygen gradient, anaerobic
conditions emerge in the deeper layers of the deposits
occurs at enamel with 4-8hrs
*Primary colonizers of plaque
mainly gram +
*Streptococcus spp.
*Hemophilus spp.
*Neisseria spp.
*Actinomyces spp.
*Veillonella spp.
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Secondary colonizers of plaque
Mainly gram -
*P. intermidia.
*Capnocytophaga spp.
*F. nucleatum
*P. gingivalis
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Colonization and Maturation of plaque: coaggregation
seen?
where/when?
*Coaggregation
- Secondary colonizers adhere to the bacteria that are already in the plaque mass
- A significant feature can be seen by naked eye
- at enamel within 4-8hrs
plaque maturation
how?
quorum sensing?
when?
- Through further colonization and growth of additional species
- Quorum sensing: cell-cell signaling: Environment modification and metabolic interaction
- within 12hrs