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Frequently, periodontal health and it's associated oral biofilm has not been addressed in those patients who have systemic health issues, especially those who are not responding to medical treatment via their physician. Oral biofilm may be present in the periodontal sulcus in the absence of clinical disease of periodontal disease (bleeding on probing, gingival inflammation) and periodontal reaction is dependent on the patient's immune response to the associated bacterial and their byproducts. Increasing evidence has been emerging the past decade connecting oral biofilm with systemic conditions, either initiating them or complicating those medical conditions. The patient's health needs to be thought of as a whole-body system with connections that may originate in the oral cavity and have distant affects throughout the body. To maximize total health, a coordination in healthcare needs to be a symbiosis between the physician and dentist to eliminate the oral biofilm and aid in prevention of systemic disease or minimize those effects to improve the patient's overall health and quality of life. Various areas of systemic health have been associated with the bacteria and their byproducts in the oral biofilm. Those include cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, pulmonary disease, prostate cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, pre-term pregnancy, erectile dysfunction Alzheimer's disease and Rheumatoid arthritis. This article will discuss oral biofilm, its affects systemically and review the medical conditions associated with the oral systemic connection with an extensive review of the literature.
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- Private periodontal practice Scarsdale, New York, USA
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry
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Lahiri D, Nag M, Dutta B, Mukherjee I, Ghosh S, Dey A, Banerjee R, Ray RR. Catechin as the Most Efficient Bioactive Compound from Azadirachta indica with Antibiofilm and Anti-quorum Sensing Activities Against Dental Biofilm: an In Vitro and In Silico Study. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2021; 193:1617-1630. [PMID: 33496925 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-021-03511-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Neem (Azadirachta indica [AI]) is a unique and traditional source of antioxidant and antibacterial compounds. The GC-MS studies revealed that phytoextract of Azadirachta indica comprises a large number of phytocompounds that possess the efficacy of inhibiting the biofilm. It was observed that phytocompounds like catechin showed maximum eradication of biofilm along with the degradation of EPS structural components like carbohydrates and proteins compared to quercetin, nimbolide, nimbin, and azardirachtin, and hence, catechin was proved to be the best against dental plaque-forming bacteria. It was also observed that catechin was able to bring about a marked reduction in quorum sensing (QS) both in Alcaligenes faecalis and Pseudomonas gingivalis dental biofilm-forming strains. The extent of such reduction was maximum for catechin (94.56±2.56% in P. gingivalis & 96.56±2.5 in A. faecalis) in comparison to other bioactive compounds. It was further observed that the bioactive compounds possess the ability to quickly pass across the membrane and bring about inhibition in the DNA and RNA content of the sessile cells. This was further validated by microscopic and in silico studies. Thus, this study revealed that catechin obtained from the phytoextract of AI showed a marked ability to inhibit the dental biofilm and can be used as a natural drug-like compound in treating biofilm-associated chronic infections.
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- Dibyajit Lahiri
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Haringhata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Haringhata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Haringhata, West Bengal, India.
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An YZ, Ko KA, Kim CS, Gruber R, Wang X, Lee JS. Do periodontal defects affect periodontal inflammation and destruction? Histological/microbiological changes and gene expression profiles of a pilot study in beagle dogs. J Periodontol 2020; 92:1007-1017. [PMID: 33128228 DOI: 10.1002/jper.20-0508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The present study focused on the inflammatory disease progress after periodontal defect induction and aimed to specifically determine periodontal tissue responses following dental plaque accumulation by ligatures on a site with/without standardized periodontal defect induction. METHODS After 1 month from extraction of the adjacent teeth, semi-circumferential defects were surgically created in the unilateral second and fourth premolars (test group), whereas no defects were being induced at the contralateral sites (control group). One week later, silk was used to ligate the tooth cervix at both sites to encourage the accumulation of dental plaque. Four weeks later, the tissue samples were collected for histological/histomorphometric and microarray analysis. Microbiological analysis was performed before defect induction and at ligatures, and after 4 weeks of dental plaque accumulation. RESULTS Remarkable inflammation was clinically and histologically observed in both groups after plaque accumulation, and the intrabony type of periodontal defect exaggerated inflammatory cell infiltration into the connective tissue layer. Expression of genes related to inflammation such as IL-1 was highly up-regulated in test sites. However, these inflammatory infiltrations did not invade to a boundary of periodontal ligament and connective tissue attachment in both groups, and histomorphometric results corresponds to these observational results. Bacterial findings also showed no significant differences in detected microbiome compositions between control and test groups at three-time points. CONCLUSION Intrabony defect might exaggerate the plaque-induced inflammation in the aspect of inflammatory cell infiltration and the related gene expression, but both dental plaque and the pre-existing periodontal defect negligibly disrupt periodontal attachment and the underlying alveolar bone.
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- Yin-Zhe An
- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Department of Periodontology, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Research Institute for Periodontal Regeneration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Research Institute for Periodontal Regeneration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Department of Periodontology, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Research Institute for Periodontal Regeneration, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Marsh PD, Zaura E. Dental biofilm: ecological interactions in health and disease. J Clin Periodontol 2018; 44 Suppl 18:S12-S22. [PMID: 28266111 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The oral microbiome is diverse and exists as multispecies microbial communities on oral surfaces in structurally and functionally organized biofilms. AIM To describe the network of microbial interactions (both synergistic and antagonistic) occurring within these biofilms and assess their role in oral health and dental disease. METHODS PubMed database was searched for studies on microbial ecological interactions in dental biofilms. The search results did not lend themselves to systematic review and have been summarized in a narrative review instead. RESULTS Five hundred and forty-seven original research articles and 212 reviews were identified. The majority (86%) of research articles addressed bacterial-bacterial interactions, while inter-kingdom microbial interactions were the least studied. The interactions included physical and nutritional synergistic associations, antagonism, cell-to-cell communication and gene transfer. CONCLUSIONS Oral microbial communities display emergent properties that cannot be inferred from studies of single species. Individual organisms grow in environments they would not tolerate in pure culture. The networks of multiple synergistic and antagonistic interactions generate microbial inter-dependencies and give biofilms a resilience to minor environmental perturbations, and this contributes to oral health. If key environmental pressures exceed thresholds associated with health, then the competitiveness among oral microorganisms is altered and dysbiosis can occur, increasing the risk of dental disease.
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- P D Marsh
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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De A, Raj HJ, Haldar J, Mukherjee P, Maiti PK. Biofilm colonization in chronic treatment refractory infections presenting with discharging sinuses: A study in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India. J Lab Physicians 2017; 9:125-131. [PMID: 28367029 PMCID: PMC5320876 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2727.199637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Treatment refractory chronic recurrent infections mean those chronic infections which recur by same causal agents with similar drug responsiveness after apparent relief following full course of recommended antimicrobial management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty different samples were collected from patients with chronic surgical site infections, laparoscopic port site infections, anal fistula, mesh hernioplasty, chronic dacryocystitis, chronic osteomyelitis, and chronic burn wounds. Samples were processed for culture, identification, antibiotic sensitivity testing using standard microbiological techniques. Biofilm (BF) forming capacity for aerobic organisms were tested by tissue culture plate method. Those for anaerobes and atypical mycobacteria were studied by a novel method using atomic force microscopy (AFM). In vivo BF colonization in lacrimal mucosae of chronic dacryocystitis, patients were studied from histopathological sections by Gram staining, H and E, and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). RESULTS Out of fifty different samples, sixty-three isolates were obtained in pure culture as follows: Staphylococcus aureus (25.39%), Escherichia coli (14.28%), Klebsiella pneumonia (14.28%), Mycobacterium abscessus (12.69%), Citrobacter spp. (9.52%), Bacteroides fragilis (6.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.7%), Proteus spp. (4.7%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (3.1%), Enterobacter spp. (1.5%), Morganella morganii (1.5%), and Peptostreptococcus spp. (1.5%). Among the isolates, 74% were found to be BF producers in the following frequency: P. aeruginosa 100%, S. epidermidis 100%, B. fragilis 100%, Klebsiella spp. 88.88%, S. aureus 81.25%, M. abscessus 75%, Citrobacter spp. 83.33%, Proteus spp. 66.66%, E. coli spp. 33.33%, and Enterobacter spp. 0%. CONCLUSION AFM has been proven to be a useful method for detection of in vitro grown BF including those for anaerobes and atypical Mycobacteria. In vivo BF detection becomes possible by FISH. S. aureus was the most common isolate. Among the aerobic isolates, P. aeruginosa and S. epidermidis were found to be the most common BF producers. Atypical mycobacteria were also found to be BF producers. Diagnosis of BF s in chronic infections significantly changes the management strategy as these infections can no longer be dealt simply with antibiotics alone but require mechanical removal of the foci along with antibiotic coverage for complete cure.
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- Asmita De
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bio-Medical Genomic Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Aruni AW, Dou Y, Mishra A, Fletcher HM. The Biofilm Community-Rebels with a Cause. CURRENT ORAL HEALTH REPORTS 2015; 2:48-56. [PMID: 26120510 PMCID: PMC4478205 DOI: 10.1007/s40496-014-0044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Oral Biofilms are one of the most complex and diverse ecosystem developed by successive colonization of more than 600 bacterial taxa. Development starts with the attachment of early colonizers such as Actinomyces species and oral streptococci on the acquired pellicle and tooth enamel. These bacteria not only adhere to tooth surface but also interact with each other and lay foundation for attachment of bridging colonizer such as Fusobacterium nucleatum followed by late colonizers including the red complex species: Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola-the founders of periodontal disease. As the biofilm progresses from supragingival sites to subgingival sites, the environment changes from aerobic to anaerobic thus favoring the growth of mainly Gram-negative obligate anaerobes while restricting the growth of the early Gram-positive facultative aerobes. Microbes present at supragingival level are mainly related to gingivitis and root-caries whereas subgingival species advance the destruction of teeth supporting tissues and thus causing periodontitis. This review summarizes our present understanding and recent developments on the characteristic features of supra- and subgingival biofilms, interaction between different genera and species of bacteria constituting these biofilms and draws our attention to the role of some of the recently discovered members of the oral community.
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- A. Wilson Aruni
- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA-92354
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA-92354
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA-92354
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA-92354
- Institute of Oral Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Teles R, Teles F, Frias-Lopez J, Paster B, Haffajee A. Lessons learned and unlearned in periodontal microbiology. Periodontol 2000 2014; 62:95-162. [PMID: 23574465 PMCID: PMC3912758 DOI: 10.1111/prd.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Periodontal diseases are initiated by bacterial species living in polymicrobial biofilms at or below the gingival margin and progress largely as a result of the inflammation elicited by specific subgingival species. In the past few decades, efforts to understand the periodontal microbiota have led to an exponential increase in information about biofilms associated with periodontal health and disease. In fact, the oral microbiota is one of the best-characterized microbiomes that colonize the human body. Despite this increased knowledge, one has to ask if our fundamental concepts of the etiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases have really changed. In this article we will review how our comprehension of the structure and function of the subgingival microbiota has evolved over the years in search of lessons learned and unlearned in periodontal microbiology. More specifically, this review focuses on: (i) how the data obtained through molecular techniques have impacted our knowledge of the etiology of periodontal infections; (ii) the potential role of viruses in the etiopathogenesis of periodontal diseases; (iii) how concepts of microbial ecology have expanded our understanding of host-microbe interactions that might lead to periodontal diseases; (iv) the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases; and (v) the impact of these evolving concepts on therapeutic and preventive strategies to periodontal infections. We will conclude by reviewing how novel systems-biology approaches promise to unravel new details of the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases and hopefully lead to a better understanding of their mechanisms.
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Bhargava D. Are we under-estimating basic first line drug regimes of beta-lactam antibiotics clindamycin and metronidazole in dental oral and maxillofacial infections? Ann Maxillofac Surg 2013; 3:104-5. [PMID: 23662273 PMCID: PMC3645602 DOI: 10.4103/2231-0746.110082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Darpan Bhargava
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Sano N, Yamashita Y, Fukuda K, Taniguchi H, Goto M, Miyamoto H. Comprehensive Analysis of Bacterial Flora in Postoperative Maxillary Cyst Fluid by 16S rRNA Gene and Culture Methods. ISRN DENTISTRY 2012; 2012:840483. [PMID: 22685668 PMCID: PMC3364584 DOI: 10.5402/2012/840483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Intracystic fluid was aseptically collected from 11 patients with postoperative maxillary cyst (POMC), and DNA was extracted from the POMC fluid. Bacterial species were identified by sequencing after cloning of approximately 580 bp of the 16S rRNA gene. Identification of pathogenic bacteria was also performed by culture methods. The phylogenetic identity was determined by sequencing 517–596 bp in each of the 1139 16S rRNA gene clones. A total of 1114 clones were classified while the remaining 25 clones were unclassified. A total of 103 bacterial species belonging to 42 genera were identified in POMC fluid samples by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Species of Prevotella (91%), Neisseria (73%), Fusobacterium (73%), Porphyromonas (73%), and Propionibacterium (73%) were found to be highly prevalent in all patients. Streptococcus mitis (64%), Fusobacterium nucleatum (55%), Propionibacterium acnes (55%), Staphylococcus capitis (55%), and Streptococcus salivarius (55%) were detected in more than 6 of the 11 patients. The results obtained by the culture method were different from those obtained by 16S rRNA gene analysis, but both approaches may be necessary for the identification of pathogens, especially of bacteria that are difficult to detect by culture methods, and the development of rational treatments for patients with POMC.
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- Naoto Sano
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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Percival SL, Thomas JG, Williams DW. Biofilms and bacterial imbalances in chronic wounds: anti-Koch. Int Wound J 2010; 7:169-75. [PMID: 20602647 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2010.00668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Microbial imbalances and synergistic relationships between bacteria in medically important biofilms are poorly researched. Consequently, little is known about how synergy between bacteria may increase the net pathogenic effect of a biofilm in many diseases and infections, including chronic wounds. Microbial synergy in chronic wounds may increase virulence and pathogenicity, leading to enhanced tissue degradation, malodour and in some cases, an impairment of the host immune response. Microbial synergy and growth within a biofilm provide a competitive advantage to the microorganisms cohabiting in a wound, thereby promoting their survival and tolerance and resistance to antimicrobial agents. The aim of this article was to provide greater insight into microbial imbalances found within wound biofilms and the significance they may have on non healing and infected wounds. We also present two possible hypotheses which could explain the role microorganisms play in non healing chronic wounds and offer possible strategies for combating harmful and detrimental biofilms.
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- Steven L Percival
- Advanced Medical Solutions, Winsford Industrial Estate, Cheshire, UK.
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Grenier D. Effect of Protease Inhibitors onIn VitroGrowth ofPorphyromonas gingivalis. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/08910609209141307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- D. Grenier
- Département de Santé Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), H3C 3J7, Canada
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Marsh PD. Dental plaque as a biofilm and a microbial community - implications for health and disease. BMC Oral Health 2006; 6 Suppl 1:S14. [PMID: 16934115 PMCID: PMC2147593 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-6-s1-s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 497] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Dental plaque is a structurally- and functionally-organized biofilm. Plaque forms in an ordered way and has a diverse microbial composition that, in health, remains relatively stable over time (microbial homeostasis). The predominant species from diseased sites are different from those found in healthy sites, although the putative pathogens can often be detected in low numbers at normal sites. In dental caries, there is a shift toward community dominance by acidogenic and acid-tolerating species such as mutans streptococci and lactobacilli, although other species with relevant traits may be involved. Strategies to control caries could include inhibition of biofilm development (e.g. prevention of attachment of cariogenic bacteria, manipulation of cell signaling mechanisms, delivery of effective antimicrobials, etc.), or enhancement of the host defenses. Additionally, these more conventional approaches could be augmented by interference with the factors that enable the cariogenic bacteria to escape from the normal homeostatic mechanisms that restrict their growth in plaque and out compete the organisms associated with health. Evidence suggests that regular conditions of low pH in plaque select for mutans streptococci and lactobacilli. Therefore, the suppression of sugar catabolism and acid production by the use of metabolic inhibitors and non-fermentable artificial sweeteners in snacks, or the stimulation of saliva flow, could assist in the maintenance of homeostasis in plaque. Arguments will be presented that an appreciation of ecological principles will enable a more holistic approach to be taken in caries control.
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- Philip D Marsh
- Centre for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Salisbury SP4 0JG, and Division of Oral Biology, Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds LS2 9LU, UK.
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BACKGROUND Most microorganisms in nature attach to surfaces and form matrix-embedded biofilms. Biofilms are highly structured and spatially organized, and are often composed of consortia of interacting microorganisms, termed microbial communities, the properties of which are more than the sum of the component species. Microbial gene expression alters markedly in biofilms; organisms communicate by gene transfer and by secretion of diffusible signalling molecules. Cells in biofilms are less susceptible to antimicrobial agents. AIM AND MATERIALS & METHODS To comprehensively review the literature to determine whether dental plaque displays properties consistent with those of a typical biofilm and microbial community. RESULTS Novel microscopic and molecular techniques have demonstrated that plaque has a structured architecture with an extracellular matrix, and a diverse composition (around 50% of cells are unculturable). The constituent species communicate by gene transfer, by secreted peptides (gram-positive bacteria) and autoinducer-2 (gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria). These organisms are functionally organized for increased metabolic efficiency, greater resistance to stress and for enhanced virulence. Plaque formation has direct and indirect effects on gene expression. CONCLUSION Dental plaque displays properties that are typical of biofilms and microbial communities in general, a clinical consequence of which is a reduced susceptibility to antimicrobial agents as well as pathogenic synergism.
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- P D Marsh
- Leeds Dental Institute, and Health Protection Agency, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, UK.
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Cole MF, Fitzsimmons SP, Sheridan MJ, Xu Y. Humoral immunity to commensal oral bacteria: quantitation, specificity and avidity of serum IgG and IgM antibodies reactive with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in children. Microbiol Immunol 1995; 39:591-8. [PMID: 7494498 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb02247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The levels, specificity and avidities of serum IgM and IgG antibodies reactive with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) serotypes a, b and c were determined in periodontally healthy (PH) children and compared with subjects with localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP). All PH children exhibited IgM and IgG Aa-reactive antibodies whether or not Aa was detected subgingivally but the antibodies were not specific for Aa. In contrast, LJP sera contained high concentrations of IgM and IgG antibodies reactive with Aa that were largely specific for this bacterium. IgM and IgG antibodies in both PH and LJP subjects were of low avidity. With one exception, the avidities of IgG anti-Aa antibodies were significantly greater than those of IgM antibodies in both PH and LJP subjects. However, although the LJP subjects had as much as 115-fold more Aa-reactive IgG antibody than did the PH subjects the avidities of their IgG antibodies were no greater than those of the PH group. The induction by the host of low-avidity antibodies, that are ineffective in immune elimination, may be a reason why commensal bacteria persist at mucosal surfaces and why persons with LJP fail to eliminate Aa from their periodontal pockets.
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- M F Cole
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20007, USA
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Genco CA, Cutler CW, Kapczynski D, Maloney K, Arnold RR. A novel mouse model to study the virulence of and host response to Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis. Infect Immun 1991; 59:1255-63. [PMID: 2004807 PMCID: PMC257836 DOI: 10.1128/iai.59.4.1255-1263.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We describe here the development of a mouse subcutaneous chamber model that allows for the examination of host-parasite interactions as well as the determination of gross pathology with Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis challenge. When inoculated into stainless-steel chambers implanted subcutaneously in female BALB/c mice, P. gingivalis W83, W50, and A7436 (10(8) to 10(10) CFU) caused cachexia, ruffling, general erythema and phlegmonous, ulcerated, necrotic lesions, and death. P. gingivalis W50/BEI, HG405, and 33277 (10(10) CFU) produced localized abscesses in the mouse chamber model with rejection of chambers at the injection site. Analysis of chamber fluid from 33277-, HG405-, and W50/BEI-infected mice by cytocentrifugation revealed inflammatory cell debris, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and high numbers of dead bacteria. In contrast, fluid from A7436-, W50-, and W83-infected mice revealed infiltration predominantly of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and live bacteria. Bacteria were found primarily associated with polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the fluid from W50-, HG405-, and W83-infected mice but not from A7436-infected mice. Viable isolates were recoverable from the chamber fluid through day 3 for W50/BEI, day 5 for 33277, day 6 for HG405, day 7 for W50, day 14 for W83, and day 26 for A7436. All strains induced a systemic immunoglobulin G response in serum and chamber fluid samples. The use of this model will allow us to examine the virulence of P. gingivalis as defined by the interaction of host response to localized infection with P. gingivalis.
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- C A Genco
- Department of Oral Biology, Emory University School of Postgraduate Dentistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Lewis MA, MacFarlane TW, McGowan DA. A microbiological and clinical review of the acute dentoalveolar abscess. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990; 28:359-66. [PMID: 2279035 DOI: 10.1016/0266-4356(90)90032-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Early microbiological studies of acute suppurative dental infection implicated streptococci or staphylococci as the causative microorganisms but recent studies suggest that the microbial flora of acute dentoalveolar abscess is usually polymicrobial, predominantly involving CO2-dependent streptococci, strictly anaerobic Gram-positive cocci and strictly anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli. These differences are probably due to poor sampling techniques and inadequate culture methods used in the early investigations. It is now accepted that specimens should be obtained by aspiration to avoid contamination and processed promptly using strict anaerobic culture. Traditionally the bacterial strains isolated have been regarded as members of the normal oral commensal microflora but it is becoming increasingly apparent from experimental infections that they have pathogenic properties. Although the vast majority of isolates have been found to be sensitive to a variety of antimicrobial agents there would not appear to be a uniformly effective drug. At the present time a penicillin, such as amoxycillin, would probably be the first choice antimicrobial agent with the addition of metronidazole if clinical improvement does not occur.
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- M A Lewis
- Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School
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Marsh PD, McKee AS, McDermid AS, Barry Dowsett A. Ultrastructure and enzyme activities of a virulent and an avirulent variant of Bacteroides gingivalis W50. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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van Steenbergen TJ, van Winkelhoff AJ, van der Velden U, de Graaff J. Taxonomy, virulence and epidemiology of black-pigmented Bacteroides species in relation to oral infections. Infection 1989; 17:194-6. [PMID: 2737764 DOI: 10.1007/bf01644029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Black-pigmented Bacteroides species are recognized as suspected pathogens of oral infections. Developments in the taxonomy of this group include description of a new asaccharolytic species, Bacteroides salivosus, and proposal for the reclassification of the asaccharolytic species into a separate genus, Porphyromonas. Studies on the pathogenicity and virulence of black-pigmented Bacteroides species have identified Bacteroides gingivalis as the most virulent species. B. gingivalis and Bacteroides intermedius have been associated with periodontal diseases; Bacteroides endodontalis is isolated specifically from infections in the oral cavity, and other black-pigmented Bacteroides species are recovered from oral mucous sites. DNA restriction endonuclease analysis was adapted for typing of B. gingivalis and B. intermedius.
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Bom-van Noorloos AA, Schipper CA, van Steenbergen TJ, de Graaff J, Burger EH. Bacteroides gingivalis activates mouse spleen cells to produce a factor that stimulates resorptive activity of osteoclasts in vitro. J Periodontal Res 1986; 21:440-4. [PMID: 2942672 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1986.tb01478.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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van Steenbergen TJ, van der Mispel LM, de Graaff J. Effects of ammonia and volatile fatty acids produced by oral bacteria on tissue culture cells. J Dent Res 1986; 65:909-12. [PMID: 3458741 DOI: 10.1177/00220345860650061001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Culture filtrates of several bacterial species isolated from the oral cavity were tested for their effects on two types of tissue culture cells: Vero cells, the continuous cell line of African green monkey kidney cells; and chondrocytes, isolated from 15-day-old chick embryo tibiae. Only a limited number of bacterial species--i.e., the asaccharolytic black-pigmented Bacteroides species and Fusobacterium species--affected the two cell types. The effect on Vero cells, detected by the rounding of the cells, correlated with the butyric acid concentration in the bacterial supernatant, which confirms previous findings. A small enhancement of this effect was found with propionic acid and ammonium ions. The same strains which affected Vero cells also affected chondrocytes, detected by a vacuolization of the cells. However, volatile fatty acids on their own had no visible effect on these cells. Instead, ammonium ion in the culture filtrate, when present in concentrations of 20 to 60 mmol/L, proved to be responsible for vacuolization of the chondrocytes. The volatile fatty acids (butyric and propionic) had a limited additive effect. No effects were visible with cell extracts of the bacteria.
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MacLaren DM, Namavar F, Verweij-Van Vught AM, Vel WA, Kaan JA. Pathogenic synergy: mixed intra-abdominal infections. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1984; 50:775-87. [PMID: 6397140 DOI: 10.1007/bf02386240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In this article we review our researches into the pathogenesis of mixed infections. These may conveniently be divided into in vitro and in vivo studies. In vitro we confirmed that interference with the killing of aerobes by polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN's) is a property of the Bacteroides strains tested and appears to depend on competition for opsonins i.e. complement factors. Further studies are in progress to define which complement factors and which bacterial structures are involved. The influence of B. fragilis on chemotaxis has also been studied. Our preliminary data suggest that B. fragilis is itself poorly chemotactic and reduces the chemoattractivity of Proteus mirabilis. This observation is surprising when we consider that abscess formation is the hall-mark of B. fragilis infections and needs clarification. In vivo we have developed a skin infection model in mice which is economical and gives reproducible and quantitative results. In this model we have demonstrated pathogenic synergy between Escherichia coli and B. fragilis. Further studies are planned to assess the role of complement and bacterial factors in this in vivo synergy.
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