Open AccessQuantification of Selenomonas sputigena in Chronic Periodontitis in Smokers Using 16S rDNA Based PCR Analysis
Author(s) -
Raghavendra S Medikeri,
Suresh Vasant Lele,
Pinal Mahendra Jain,
Pradnya Prabhakar Mali,
Manjushri Raghavendra Medikeri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12550.5782
Subject(s) - chronic periodontitis , medicine , periodontitis , periodontal disease , population , dentistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , environmental health
Selenomonas species have been associated with chronic periodontitis and have been implicated in converting periodontal health to disease. Scanty literature is available in Indian population. Hence, the objective of the study was to detect the prevalence of Selenomonas sputigena in healthy and chronic periodontitis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in Indian population and to check whether smoking affects the subgingival microflora of this organism in chronic periodontitis.