Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Journal
Frontiers in Oral Health
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Periodontitis disproportionately affects different racial and ethnic populations. We have previously reported the higher levels of
METHODS: This prospective cohort pilot study was carried out in an academic setting, at the School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dental plaque was collected from a total of 75 African Americans, Caucasians and Hispanics periodontitis patients in a 3-year period. Quantitation of
RESULTS: The gains in clinical attachment levels after treatment significantly differed amongst the 3 groups-Caucasians responded most favorably, followed by African-Americans, lastly Hispanics, while numbers of
CONCLUSION: Differential response to nonsurgical periodontal treatment and distribution of
Keywords
periodontitis, race, treatment response, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Streptococcus cristatus
DOI
10.3389/froh.2023.1212728
PMID
37377523
PMCID
PMC10291508
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
6-12-2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Recommended Citation
Wang, Bing-Yan; Burgardt, Grayson; Parthasarathy, Kavitha; Ho, Daniel K; Weltman, Robin L; Tribble, Gena D; Hong, Jianming; Cron, Stanley; and Xie, Hua, "Influences of Race/Ethnicity in Periodontal Treatment Response and Bacterial Distribution, a Cohort Pilot Study" (2023). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 124.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthdb_docs/124
Published Open-Access
yes