Open AccessDetection and comparison of Selenomonas sputigena in subgingival biofilms in chronic and aggressive periodontitis patients
Author(s) -
Disha Nagpal,
Shobha Prakash,
Kishore Bhat,
Gagandeep Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.181247
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic periodontitis , aggressive periodontitis , periodontitis , significant difference , analysis of variance , dentistry , gastroenterology
With the advent of DNA-based culture-independent techniques, a constantly growing number of Selenomonas phylotypes have been detected in patients with destructive periodontal diseases. However, the prevalence levels that have been determined in different studies vary considerably.