From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Periodontal pathogen
Periodontal pathogen
Periodontal pathogens are bacteria that have been • Treponema denticola
shown to significantly contribute to periodontitis. • Fusobacterium nucleatum
Although approximately 700 bacterial species have • Prevotella intermedia
been identified in the oral cavity and nearly 300 species • Eikenella corrodens
have been cultured and found to contribute to the • Eubacterium nodatum
biofilm of the periodontal pocket, there is a much smaller
number of species that have been shown to be more
closely related to the initial incidence and continued per-
References
sistence of periodontitis, including:[1] [1] Picolos, DK, et al. Infection patterns in chronic and
• Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans aggressive periodontitis. J Clin Perio
• Porphyromonas gingivalis 2005;32:1055–1061
• Tannerella forsythia
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