Open AccessPrevalence of periodontal pathogens in a group of participants from the middle east and north africa geographic region with minimal periodontal disease
Author(s) -
Zoubeida Al Yahfoufi,
Wahib Hadchiti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_126_17
Subject(s) - medicine , aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans , oral hygiene , prevotella intermedia , periodontal disease , dentistry , gingival and periodontal pocket , porphyromonas gingivalis , periodontitis
To assess the prevalence of the three putative periodontal pathogens such as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans ( A. a ), Porphyromonas gingivalis ( P. g ), and Prevotella intermedia ( P. i ) in a group of Arab participants from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who had minimal periodontal disease and no history of periodontal treatment and further to analyze the association among these three microorganisms.