This document discusses the microflora associated with periodontal disease. It begins with an introduction to bacteria's role in periodontal diseases and provides a history of research in this area from the 17th century to present. It then describes the normal oral microflora and microflora associated with periodontal disease. Key pathogens implicated in periodontal disease include Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Treponema denticola. The document also discusses virulence factors of periodontal bacteria and their role in colonization, evading host defenses, and tissue destruction. Microbial diagnosis of periodontal disease is also covered.
2. INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
NORMAL MICROFLORA OF HUMAN ORAL CAVITY
MICROFLORA OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE
VIRULENCE FACTORS
BACTERIA IN PATHOGENESIS OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE
MICROBIAL DIAGNOSIS
CONCLUSION
3. INTRODUCTION
• FROM AMOEBA TO Aa, Pg
• BACTERIAL PLAQUE- CAUSATIVE OF
PERIODONTAL DIS
• LARGE COMPLEX MIXTURE OF BACTERIAL
SPECIES
4. HISTORY
• 1683 - ANTON VON LEEWENHOEK
• 1890 - WD MILLER
• 1965 - LOE, THEILADE AND JENSEN
• 1880 TO 1890 – AMOEBAE, SPIROCHETES,
MILLER’S BACTERIA, STREPTOCOCCI
• 1890 – 1930 SPECIFICITY THEORY
• 1930 – 1970 NONSPECIFICTY THEORY
• 1970 ONWARD RETURN OF SPECIFICITY THEORY
5. NORMAL FLORA
• 300 – 400 SPECIES FOUND IN HUMAN
SUBGINGIVAL PLAQUE
• INDIGENOUS FLORA
• SUPPLEMENTAL FLORA
• TRANSIENT FLORA
6. FACTORS INFLUENCING NORMAL FLORA
• THE ENVIRONMENT THE INDIVIDUAL IS RAISED
• THE DIET
• ORAL HYGIENE HABITS
• INFECTION POTENTIAL FROM FAMILLY MEMBERS
• INFECTION POTENTIAL FROM PETS
• TOOTH ERUPTION
• PRESENCE OF PERIODONTAL POCKET
• HORMONAL EFFECTS
• PERIODIC EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS TREATMENT
7. ACQUISITION OF BACTERIA
• STARTS AT BIRTH
• DERIVED FROM FROM THE IMMEDIATE
ENVIRONMENT
• MODULATED BY HOST FACTORS
8. SUBGINGIVAL FLORA ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH
• STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS
• S SANGUIS
• S EPIDERMIDIS
• ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA
• ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS
• ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII
• SMALL SPIROCHETES
10. MICROBIAL FLORA OF
PERIODONTAL DISEASE
CONCEPTS OR HYPOTHESISES – WALTER LOESCHE 1976
NONSPECIFIC – THE ENTIRE PLAQUE FLORA IS
RESPONSIBLE
SPECIFIC – ONLY CERTAIN PLAQUE IS PATHOGENIC
11. RANKING OF SUSPECTED BACTERIAL
PATHOGENS
MODERATE
• S intermedius
• P micros
• F nucleatum
• E corrodens
• Eubacterium
STRONG
• P intermedia
• C rectus
• E nodatum
• Treponema sp
VERY STRONG
• A actinomycetemcomitans
• P gingivalis
• B forsythus
12. VIRULENCE FACTORS
VIRULENCE - THE QUALITY OF BEING DAMAGING;
THE DISEASE PRODUCING POWER OF A
MICROORGANISM
GLOSSARY OF PERIODONTAL TERMS
1984
OTHER FACTORS :
CONCENTRATION OF MICROORGANISMS
13. VIRULENCE FACTORS
1. THE CAPACITY TO COLONIZE
2. THE ABILITY TO EVADE ANTIBACTERIAL HOST
DEFENSE
3. THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE SUBSTANCES THAT CAN
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INITIATE TISSUE
DESTRUCTION
15. ATTACHMENT
SITES FOR ATTACHMENT
1. THE TOOTH
2. THE SULCULAR / POCKET EPTHELIUM
3. OTHER BACTERIAL SPECIES
BACTERIAL FACTORS FACILITATING ATTACHMENT
1. ADHESINS
2. COAGGREGATION
16. ADHESINS
1. FIMBRIAE
a. TYPE --1
b. TYPE –2
c. TYPE –3
d. TYPE – 4
2. CELL ASSOCIATED PROTEINS
a. 300-330 kDa PROTEIN
b. 70, 90 kDa PROTEIN
c. 40 kDa PROTEIN
RECEPTORS FOR ADHESINS ON TISSUE SURFACES
• GALACTOSYL VESICLES
• SIALIC ACID
• PROLIN-RICH PROTEINS OR STATHERIN
• TYPE-I AND IV COLLAGEN
18. ADHESINS ORGANISM
FIMBRIAE E corrodens
A viscosus
PROTEINS
F nucleatum (300-330 kDa protein)
T denticola
P gingivalis
Streptococcus mitis (70, 90 kDa protein)
B loeschei ( fimbriae associated 75 & 45
kDa polypeptide)
EXAMPLES OF ADHESINS
19. RECEPTOR ADHESINS SITE ORGANISMS
GALACTOSYL
RESIDUE
PROTEIN
FIMBRIAE
EPITHELIAL CELLS
FIBROBLASTS
PML
SALIVA COATED
SURFACES
E corrodens (PROTEIN)
B gingivalis (FIMBRIAE)
A viscosus (TYPE 2
FIMBRIAE)
A naeslundii (FIMBRIAE)
T denticola (PROTEIN)
F nucleatum (300-330 kDa
Protein)
B loeschi (FIMBRIAE)
SIALIC ACID PROTEIN SALIVA COATED
SURFACES
S mitis (70, 90 kDa
PROTEIN)
PROLIN-RICH
PROTEINS OR
STATHERIN
FIMBRIAE MINERALIZED SURFACES A viscosus (TYPE 1
FIMBRIAE)
TYPE-I AND IV
COLLAGEN
BASEMENT MEMBRANE B gingivalis ( NOT KNOWN)
MANNOSE RESIDUE PROTEIN FIBROBLASTS T denticola (PROTEIN)
SALIVA TREATED
HYDROXYAPPATITE
FIMBRIAE MINERALIZED SURFACES A viscosus (TYPE 1
FIMBRIAE)
KNOWN RECEPTORS FOR BACTERIAL ADHESINS
20. COAGGREGATION
Sl. No. TARGET SPECIES RECEPTOR ON
TARGET SPECIES
SPECIES ADHESINS
1 B gingivalis GALACTOSYL
RESIDUE
F nucleatum PROTEIN
2 S sanguis GALACTOSYL
RESIDUE
B loeschi FIMBRIAE
ASSOCIATED
75 AND 45 kDa
POLYPEPTIDE
3 S sanguis GALACTOSYL
RESIDUE
A viscosus TYPE 2
FIMBRIAE
4 S sanguis POLYSACCHARIDE
WITH REPEATING
HEPTASUCCINATE
A viscosus FIMBRIAE
21. MULTIPLICATION OF BACTERIA
FACTORS INFLUENCING MULTIPLICATION
1. CREVICE TEMP
2. GCF pH
3. OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL
4. AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS
22. INTERBACTERIAL RELATIONSHIP
• FAVORABLE RELATIONSHIP
• FACILATITING ATTACHMENT
• PRODUCING GROWTH FACTORS
– BRANCED CHAIN FATTY ACIDS
– POLYAMINES
– VITAMIN K ANALOGUES
– LACTATE / FORMATE /HYDROGEN
• PRODUCTION OF EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES THAT
UNCOVER BINDING SITES FOR ONOTHER
ORGANISM
23. ANTAGONISTIC RELATIONSHIP
• COMPETITION FOR NUTRIENTS
• COMPETITION FOR SITE
• PRODUCTION OF SUBSTANCES LIMITING /
PREVENTING GROWTH
24. INTERRELATIONSHIP FOR NUTRITION
O2
SUGAR
CO2
SALIVA DIET
GCF
SALTS
NH4
AMINO ACIDS
STRPTOCOCCUS
ACTINOMYCES
PABA
S MUTANS
CAPNOCYTOPHAGA
E CORRODENS
Aa
FUSOBACTERIUM
EUBACTERIUM
BACTEROIDS
PEPTOCOCCUS
PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUSA
Thiamin pyroP
Putrescine
isobutyrate
CO2
NH4
T macrodentium
lactate
Veillonella acetate
Eubacterium
H2
Campylobacter
Wolinella
formate
P melaninogenicus
P gingivalis
Hemin
25. OVERCOMING HOST DEFENSE
Sl. No DEFENSE
MECHANISM
VIRULENCE FACTOR SPECIES
1 SPECIFIC Ab
IgA, IgG PROTEASE B gingivalis
B intermedia
B melaninogenicus
Capnocytophaga
2 SALIVARY
MACROMOLECULES
AFFINITY FOR HIDDEN RECEPTORS
(CRYTITOPES)
A viscosus
3 PNL
LEUKOTOXIN Aa
CAPSULE B gingivalis
INHIBITION OF DEGRANULATION T denticola
INHIBITION OF SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION Treponema
4
LYMPHOCYTE
LEUKOTOXIN – LETHAL Aa
LEUKOTOXIN – NONLETHAL SUPPRESION Aa
SUPPRESSED IMMUNE RESPONSE B intermedia
INHIBIT RESPONSE TO MITOGENS AND
ANTIGENS
B intermedia
B endodontalis
T denticola
Aa
5 ANTIBIOTIC
THERAPY
CONJUGAL TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE
PLASMID
T denticola
B intermedius
26. FACTORS CAUSING TISSUE DAMAGE
Sl. No. ENZYMES SPECIES
1 COLLAGENASE P gingivalis
Aa
2 PROTEASE P gingivalis
P intermedia
3 KERATINASE P gingivalis
T denticola
4 ARYL SULFATASE W recta
5 NEURAMINADASE P gingivalis
B forsythus
P melaninogenicus
6 FIBRONECTIN DEGRADING
ENZYMES
P gingivalis
P intermedia
7 PHOSPHLIPASE P intermedia
P melaninogenicus
27. BACTERIAL PREPARATION INHIBITING
MAMMALIAN CELL GROWTH
Sl. No. BACTERIAL PREPARATIONS ORGANISM AFECTED CELLS
1 CULTURE SUPERNATANTS P gingivalis FIBROBLASTS
2 LPS Aa FIBROBLASTS
3 CAPSULE Aa FIBROBLASTS
4 SONIC EXTRACTS P gingivalis
T denticola
FIBROBLASTS
5 SONIC EXTRACTS Aa
P gingivalis
EPITHELIAL CELLS
ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
28. Environmental and acquired risk factor
Hostimmuno-inflammatory
response
Ct&bonemetabolism
Clinicalsignsofdisease
initiation&progression
Genetic risk factor
Cytokines
MMPs
Ab
PMN s
Ag
LPS
Other
virulence factors
Microbial
challenge
MECHANISM OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE
PRODUCTION
29.
30.
31. BACTERIA ASOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC
PERIODONTAL DISEASE
DISEASE ORGANISM
ADULT PERIODONTITIS P gingivlis, P intermedia, B forsythus, C rectus, E
corrodens, F nucleatum,
REFRACTORY PERIODONTITIS B forsythus, P gingivlis, C rectus, P intermedia
LJP Aa, Capnocytophaga
PRAGNENCY GINGIVITIS P intermedia
ANUG P intermedia, Intermediate-sized spirochetes
PERIODONTITIS IN JUVENILE
DIABETICS
Capnocytophaga, Aa
PERIODONTAL ABSCESSES P gingivalis, Fusobacterium, Capnocytophaga,
Vibrio sp
33. AVAILABLE DIAGNOSTIC AIDS
• CULTURE
Aa P gingivalis
P intermedia Capnocytophaga
Wolinella Sp Eikenlla Sp
Peptostrptococcus micros
• DNA PROBE
Aa B forsythus
P gingivalis C rectus
• BANA
T denticola B forsythus
P gingivalis
34. CONCLUSION
• COMPLEXITY IS THE PRINCIPAL PROBLEM
• REMARKABLE RESEARCH EFFORTS HAVE
RESULTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE MICROBIAL
ETIOLOGY
• MORE WORK REQUIRED TO DEVELOP
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS