Perio Articles Flashcards
In Davis’s 2016 review “Gene Sequence Analyses of the Healthy Oral Microbiome in Humans and Companion Animals: A Comparative Review,” what 6 phyla dominated the oral communities of humans, dogs and cats?
JVD 2016, Issue 2
Bacteroidetes
Proteobacteria
Firmicutes
Actinobacteria
Fusobacteria
Spirochaetae
In Davis’s 2016 oral biome review article, the healthy oral microbiome in people is dominated by what type of bacteria?
JVD 2016, Issue 2
Gram-positive bacteria belonging to genus Streptococcus
In Davis’s 2016 oral biome review article, the healthy oral microbiome in dogs is dominated by what type of bacteria?
Gram negative spp Moraxella, Bergeyella and Neisseria
The bacterial culture-independent studies of dog oral microbiota from Segata 2012, Dewhirst 2012 and Davis 2013 found which bacterial phyla to most predominate?
Firmicutes most predominate
Segata and Dewhirst - Proteobacteria second most predominate
Davis - Bacteroidetes second most predominate
According to Davis’s 2016 review article, what are the top 3 most predominate oral bacterial phyla in dogs?
Davis. Gene Sequence Analyses of the Healthy Oral Microbiome in Humans and Companion Animals: A Comparative Review. JVD 2016, Issue 2.
Firmicutes
Proteobacteria
Bacteroidetes
According to Davis’s 2016 review article, what are the 4th-6th most predominate oral bacterial phyla in dogs?
Actinobacteria
Fusobacteria
Spriochaetes
According to Perez-Salcedo’s 2013 paper “Isolation and identification of Porphyromonas ssp. and other putative pathogens from cats with periodontal disease,” what bacterial spp was found in 90% of cats with varying stages of PD?
JVD 2014, issue 4
Fusobacterium nucleatum
P. gulae 86%
P. circumdentaria 70%
In Harris’s 2016 paper “A pyrosequencing investigation of differences in the feline subgingival microbiota in health, gingivitis and mild periodontitis,” what percentage of subgingival bacterial species in healthy cats were Gram negative bacteria
75%
In Harris’s 2016 paper “A pyrosequencing investigation of differences in the feline subgingival microbiota in health, gingivitis and mild periodontitis,” what was the relationship between relative percentages of Gram positive and negative bacteria and periodontal health status?
Percentage of gram positive spp increased as periodontal health status declined
Cats with mild periodontitis had equal numbers of Gram positive and Gram negative spp subgingivally
According to Davis’s 2016 review “Gene Sequence Analyses of the Healthy Oral Microbiome in Humans and Companion Animals: A Comparative Review,” dogs and cats have more gram negative or gram positive oral bacteria in health?
Gram negative
Opposite of humans
In Kato’s 2011 study “Molecular Detection of Human Periodontal Pathogens in Oral Swab Specimens from Dogs in Japan,” what was the most common spp of Porphyromonas identified?
JVD 2011, Issue 2
P. gulae
P. gingivalis only identified in 1 dog
In Rawlinson’s 2011 paper “Association of periodontal disease with systemic health indices and systemic response to treatment of periodontal disease,” what indices were associated with periodontal disease?
JAVMA 2011
Attachment loss and platelet number
Decrease in C-reactive protein after treatment correlated with severity of PD
Creatinine moderately negatively correlated with attachment loss
BUN concentration sig increased after treatment of PD
In Kyllar’s 2013 study “Morphometric Assessment of Periodontal Tissues in Relation to Periodontal Disease in Dogs,” what was the relationship between thickness of periodontal tissues and dog size/weight?
JVD 2013, Issue 3
Periodontal tissues were stat sig thinner ( P < 0.001) in Group 1 toy breed dogs (< 5.0kg) than the small, medium sized dog groups
Periodontal tissues were also significantly thicker in areas of canine teeth and carnassial teeth
In Riggio’s 2011 article “Molecular identification of bacteria associated with canine periodontal disease,” what predominant spp were identified for dogs with periodontitis using culture and PCR respectively?
Vet Microbiol 2011
Culture: Actinomyces canis
PCR: Desulfomicrobium orale
In Glickman’s 2011 article “Association between chronic azotemic kidney disease and the severity of periodontal disease in dogs,” what associations were found?
Prev Vet Med 2011
The hazard ratio for azotemic CKD increased with increasing severity of periodontal disease
Increasing severity of periodontal disease also associated with serum creatinine > 1.4 and BUN > 36
What are the main bacteria that produce volatile sulfur compounds?
Millela, JVD 2015, Issue 2
Porphyomonas gingivalis
Prevotella intermedia
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Treponema denticola
What are the two Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) most associated with oral malodor?
Millela, JVD 2015, Issue 2
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
Methyl mercaptan (CH3SH)
Are the concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan higher in the mouth or periodontal pockets respectively
Millela, JVD 2015, Issue 2
Hydrogen sulfide: the mouth
Methyl mercaptain: periodontal pocket
What is the role of volatile sulfur compounds on the development of periodontitis?
MIlella, “The Negative Effects of Volatile Sulphur Compounds,” JVD 2015, Issue 2
Increased permeability of oral mucosa → allows LPS and prostaglandins to penetrate → inflam response → exposure of connective tissue to periodontal pathogenic compounds
Hydrogen sulfide may contribute to alveolar bone resorption via expression of what?
MIlella, “The Negative Effects of Volatile Sulphur Compounds,” JVD 2015, Issue 2
RANKL
In Wallis’s 2016 paper “Quantification of Canine Dental Plaque Using Quantative Light-Induced Fluorescence,” plaque needs to be disclosed or undisclosed when using QLF to measure efficacy of products in reducing total plaque volume?
JVD 2016, Issue 1
Disclosed: not all bacteria in mature biofilms autofluoresce and QLF underestimates amount of total plaque on undisclosed teeth
What were the methods of Riggio’s 2011 Vet Microbiol paper “Molecular identification of bacteria associated with canine periodontal disease?”
JVD 2011, issue 4
Swabs obtained from gingival margin of three dogs with gingivitis and three orally healthy controls and subjected to routine baccterial culture and culture independent methods
First study to use culture-independent methods for identification of bacteria associated with perio in dogs
In Perez-Salcedo’s 2011 Vet Microbiol article “Comparison of two sampling methods for microbiological evaluation of periodontal disease in cats,” what two sampling methods were compared and which was most effective?
JVD 2011, Issue 4
Cottons swabs over mucosa and teeth vs subgingival paper points. Paper points most effective.
paper points had significantly higher recoveries of anaeorobic bacteria and periodontal pathogens
In the 2012 paper on susceptibility of Porphy-romonas spp. and Fusobacterium spp in dogs, what antibiotics showed some resistance patterns?
Senhorinho GN, Nakano V, Liu C, et al. Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Porphy-romonas spp. and Fusobacterium spp. in dogs with and without periodontitis. Anaerobe. 2012 May 17.
clarithromycin, erythromycin and metronidazole
In Senhorinho’s 2012 paper “Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Porphy-romonas spp. and Fusobacterium spp. in dogs with and without periodontitis,” when compared with the dogs without periodontitis, the number of which bacteria were statistically significant in the group of dogs with periodontitis?
Porphyromonas gulae
In Senhorinho’s 2012 paper “Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Porphy-romonas spp. and Fusobacterium spp. in dogs with and without periodontitis,” these bacteria were detected in what percent of samples for dogs with and without periodontitis?
forty-six (92%) out of 50 dogs with periodontitis
28 (56%) out of 50 dogs without periodontitis
In Nemec’s 2012 study “Periodontal disease, periodontal treatment and systemic nitric oxide in dogs,” increases in nitric oxide where seen in what treatment group?
Nemec A, Verstraete FJ, Jerin A, et al.Periodontal disease, periodontal treatment and systemic nitric oxide in dogs. Res Vet Sci. 2012 Nov 15
Nitric oxide was sig increased at the 2 week recheck for extractions in the group that had > 25% of their teeth affected by advanced periodontitis
more inflammation in that group
What is the experimentally determined subantimicrobial dosage of doxycycline?
“Experimental determination of a subantimicrobial dosage of doxycycline hyclate for treatment of periodontitis in Beagles.” Kim, Am J Vet Res 2013
2mg/kg q24h
In Di Bello 2014 article “Periodontal disease associated with red complex bacteria in dogs,” what three bacteria are referenced as Red Complex Bacteria?
Di Bello A, Buonavoglia A, Franchini D, et al. Periodontal disease associated with red complex bacteria in dogs. J Small Anim Pract. 2014 Mar;55(3):1
Treponema denticola
Tannerella forsythia
Porphyromonas gingivalis
In Di Bello 2014 article “Periodontal disease associated with red complex bacteria in dogs,” for dogs with gingivitis or periodontitis what bacteria were stat sig associated?
Significant association between gingivitis/ periodontitis and presence of P. gingivalis, in combination w/ T. forsythia.
49.3% mixed infection w/ T. forsythia and P. gingivalis
12.3% samples positive only for P. gingivalis
In Carreira’s 2015 study “Relationship Between Gender, Age, and Weight and the Serum Ionized Calcium Variations in Dog Periodontal Disease Evolution,” what was the reltationship between ionized calcium and periodontal disease?
Lower ionized calcium levels were associated with more severe periodontal disease
Older dogs → Lower ionized calcium, more advanced PD
Lower body weight → more advanced PD
In Carreira’s 2015 study “Serum Ionized Calcium Quantification for Staging Canine Periodontal Disease: A Preliminary Study,” what was the relationship between PD stages and ionized calcium?
Stat sig differences were observed between PD1 and PD2 but not PD3 and PD4
Paper suggests that ionized calcium can be used as an additional tool to establish and monitor preliminary PD status
In O’Neil’s 2014 paper “Prevalence of disorders recorded in cats attending primary-care veterinary practices in England,” what was the most prevalent diagnosis-level distorder and the most prevalent disorder group?
Vet J 2014
Periodontal disease 14%
Dental conditions 15%
No increased prevalence of common disorders between purebred and crossbred cats
In Wallis’s 2021 paper “Association of periodontal disease with breed size, breed, weight, and age in pure-breed client-owned dogs in the United States,” what associations were found?
3 million medical records Banfield study of patients anesthetized for PRO
Extra-small (< 6.5kg) breeds were up to 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with PD
The majority of breeds diagnosed with PD were < 15kg
In Wallis’s 2021 paper “Association of periodontal disease with breed size, breed, weight, and age in pure-breed client-owned dogs in the United States,” what additional risk factors besides patient size and weight were found?
Age
Being overweight
Time since last scale and polish
In Wallis’s 2021 paper “Association of periodontal disease with breed size, breed, weight, and age in pure-breed client-owned dogs in the United States,” what was the overall prevalence rate of perio reported?
18%
In Wallis’ 2019 study “Wallis, “A Longitudinal assessment of periodontal disease in Yorkshire terriers,” what was the prevalence of periodontal disease?
98% at 37 weeks of age
In Wallis’ 2019 study “Wallis, “A Longitudinal assessment of periodontal disease in Yorkshire terriers,” what teeth had the highest probability of developing periodontitis?
Canines 95% at 37 weeks of age
Incisors 40% at 37 weeks of age
In Kortegaard’s 2008 study “Periodontal disease in research beagle dogs-an epidemiological study,” what was the prevalence of attachment loss greater than or equal to 1mm in 1 year old and 3 year old dogs?
1 year old dogs –> 20%
3 year old dogs –> 84%
In Kortegaard’s 2008 study “Periodontal disease in research beagle dogs-an epidemiological study,” what teeth were most likely to have attachment loss greater or equal to 1mm and periodontal pocketing of 4mm or greater?
Maxillary PM2, PM3, PM5 1mm or more attachment loss
Maxillary canines 4mm or more
In Marshall’s 2014 study, “A longitudinal assessment of periodontal disease in 52 miniature schnauzers,” how many dogs had teeth that progressed to PD2 throughout the course of the study?
Oral care regimen stopped and dogs anesthestized every 6 weeks for 60 weeks to assess progression of PD
35
In Marshall’s 2014 study, “A longitudinal assessment of periodontal disease in 52 miniature schnauzers,” what teeth were most commonly affected by periodontal disease and what aspect of these teeth were most affected?
Incisors (54% of teeth with periodontitis)
Lingual aspect most affected
In Glickman’s 2009 article “Evaluation of the risk of endocarditis and other cardiovascular events on the basis of the severity of periodontal disease in dogs,” what was the association between periodontal disease and endocarditis?
JAVMA 2009
risk of endocarditis was approximately 6-fold higher for dogs with stage 3 periodontal disease, compared with the risk for dogs in the nonperiodontal cohort.
*but not really clinically…and cardiologists wrote a letter to the editor disagreeing *
In Basuki’s 2019 paper “Evaluation of Gingivitis in Pregnant Beagle Dogs,” what was the association between gingivitis and pregnancy outcome?
Rawlinson, JVD 2019, Issue 3
None of the evaluated pregnancy outcomes had any significant correlations with the severity of dental scores
Age was stat sig correlated with increasing dental scores
In Wallis’ 2018 article “A longitudinal assessment of periodontal health status in 53 Labrador Retrievers,” what percentage of dogs developed periodontitis over 2 years and what teeth were most affected?
56% developed periodontitis
71% of teeth with perio incisors
25% increase in mean gingivitis score over 2 years
In Bellow’s 2012 article “Efficacy of a Barrier Gel for Reducing the Development of Plaque, Calculus and Gingivitis in Cats,” what indices were affected by treatment
Randomized, negative-controlled, outcome-evaluator-blinded, client-owned animal clinical field study to determine efficacy of a dental gel product in cats
Plaque indices were sig lower in treatment group
In Quest’s 2013 “Oral health benefits of a daily dental chew in dogs,” what indices showed significant reductions in the Greenie once daily treatment group?
JVD 2013, Issue 2
Gingivitis, plaque, calculus, halitosis
How many dogs are required to measure reduction in plaque using quantative light fluorescence vs the Logan and Boyce method? (Power calculation got these numbers)
Wallis, Quantification of Canine Dental Plaque Using Quantative Light-Induced Fluorescence, JVD 2016, Issue 1
QLF 7 dogs
Logan Boyce Method 19 dogs
QLF uses blue light (405nm)
In Sitzman’s 2013 article, “Evaluation of a Hydrophilic gingival dental sealant in beagle dogs,” what indices were stat sig decreased?
JVD 2013
Plaque and calculus
No effect on gingivitis
Suspected that gingival sealant decreased scaffolding or available free floating bacteria from sulcus
In Millela’s 2014 study “Milella, Beckman. “Evaluation of an anti-plaque gel for daily toothbrushing,” what was the study design and what indices were decreased in the treatment group?
JVD 2014
Negative control → dry food diet, no brushing
Positive control → dry food diet, daily brushing, placebo gel
Test product group → dry food diet, daily brushing with test gel
Gingivitis and plaque scores sig lower in treatment group
In Smith’s 2014 paper “Dental wax decreases calculus accumulation in small dogs,” what indices were not decreased?
JVD 2014
Gingivitis and plaque
In Smith’s 2014 paper “Dental wax decreases calculus accumulation in small dogs,” what is the active ingredient in the dental wax and what is its MOA?
Active ingredient anthroquinones
antibiofilm effect by inhibiting glucosyl transferases (GTFs) –> Disrupt the biofilm structure by perturbation → decreased viscoelasticity of biofilm → increased fragility and susceptibility to disruption
In Chung’s 2023 article “Submucosal Injection of Activated Platelet-Rich Plasma for Treatment of Periodontal Disease in Dogs,” what indices were decreased?
JVD 2023, Issue 1
significant improvement in periodontal pocket depth, stage of PD, gingival index, and horizontal bone loss was observed in dogs injected with A-PRP after 56 days
What growth factors are induced by PRP and what affect on tissue regeneration do they have?
Chung “Submucosal Injection of Activated Platelet-Rich Plasma for Treatment of Periodontal Disease in Dogs,” JVD 2023
TGF- Beta and Platelet derived growth factor (PDFG)
induce odontoblast differentiation and reparative dentin formation in cultured pulp cells and experimental animals.
In Kling’s 2022 study “Effect of TrisEDTA and Chlorhexidine 0.12% on an In Vitro-Defined Biofilm Representing the Subgingival Plaque Biofilm of the Dog,” which of following is most correct?
A.) When exposed to combined treatment with TrisEDTA and chlorhexidine 0.12% there were greater reductions in A. canis and N. canis than treatment with sterile water
B.) There were greater reductions in P. gulae counts when treated with chlorhexidine 0.12% alone
C.) When exposed to combined treatment with TrisEDTA and chlorhexidine 0.12% there were greater reductions in P. guale than treatment with sterile water
JVD 2022
C.) When exposed to combined treatment with TrisEDTA and chlorhexidine 0.12% there were greater reductions in P. guale than treatment with sterile water
Greater reductions in the numbers of CFU/mL of Actinomyces canis and Neisseria canis resulted from treatment with chlorhexidine 0.12% alone