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- Title
SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY TO PERIODONTAL BACTERIA.
- Authors
MURAYAMA, Y.; NAGAI, A.; OKAMURA, K.; KURIHARA, H.; NOMURA, Y.; KOKEGUCHI, S.; KATO, K.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the serum antibody levels to periodontal bacteria in patients with periodontal disease, and to explore the diagnostic uses of the serum antibody assessment and its potential as a therapeutic guide. One hundred twenty-nine patients were clinically examined for the type and extent of periodontal destruction and serum IgG antibody levels to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa), Actinomyces israelii {Ax), A. viscosus (Av), Bacteroides asaccharolyticus (Ba), B. corporis (Be), B. denticola (Bd), B. gingivalis (Bg), B. intermedius (Bi), B. loescheii (Bl), Capnocytophaga gingivalis (Cg), C. ochracea (Co), and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn). Clinical and serological data were subjected to correlation analyses. A small group of patients was monitored during the progress of periodontal treatments. The IgG antibody levels were assessed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Significantly elevated IgG antibody levels were manifested to Aa, Ai, Bg, and Fn in all forms of periodontal disease, additionally to Cg and Co in juvenile periodontitis, and to Bi in adult periodontitis. There were some correlations between a few clinical parameters and the antibody levels. Successful periodontal treatment significantly decreased the antibody levels to all of the micro-organisms; however, during periodontal treatment, there were no marked differences between pre- and post-treatment levels. The antibody reactivities to the periodontopathic micro-organisms may be of diagnostic and predictive value in patients.
- Subjects
DENTAL research; ORAL microbiology; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PERIODONTAL disease; BACTERIA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Advances in Dental Research, 1988, Vol 2, Issue 2, p339
- ISSN
0895-9374
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08959374880020022401