Identification of Microbiological Factors Associated With Periodontal Health Disparities

Authors

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Journal

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

DOI

10.3389/fcimb.2023.1137067

PMID

36875522

PMCID

PMC9978005

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

2-16-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying risk factors associated with periodontitis development and periodontal health disparities with emphasis on differential oral microbiota. The prevalence of periodontitis is recently rising dentate adults in the US, which presents a challenge to oral health and overall health. The risk of developing periodontitis is higher in African Americans (AAs), and Hispanic Americans (HAs) than in Caucasian Americans (CAs). To identify potentially microbiological determinations of periodontal health disparities, we examined the distribution of several potentially beneficial and pathogenic bacteria in the oral cavities of AA, CA, and HA study participants. Dental plaque samples from 340 individuals with intact periodontium were collected prior to any dental treatment, and levels of some key oral bacteria were quantitated using qPCR, and the medical and dental histories of participants were obtained retrospectively from axiUm. Data were analyzed statistically using SAS 9.4, IBM SPSS version 28, and R/RStudio version 4.1.2. Amongst racial/ethnic groups: 1) neighborhood medium incomes were significantly higher in the CA participants than the AA and the HA participants; 2) levels of bleeding on probing (BOP) were higher in the AAs than in the CAs and HAs; 3)

Keywords

Adult, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Fimbriae, Bacterial, Genotype, Microbiota, Mouth, Porphyromonas gingivalis, periodontitis, health disparities, race, risk factor

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

, "Identification of Microbiological Factors Associated With Periodontal Health Disparities" (2023). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 127.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthdb_docs/127