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Table 2 Real-time polymerase chain reaction evaluation of periodontal pathogenic load after periodontal treatment

From: Periodontal therapy for localized severe periodontitis in a patient receiving fixed orthodontic treatment: a case report

Bacteria

Pathogenic load

Pathogenic threshold

Status

Maxillary left second molar

Porphyromonas gingivalis

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Tannerella forsythia

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Treponema denticola

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Prevotella intermedia

8.6E+03

1.0E+05

+

Parvimonas micra

2.3E+04

1.0E+06

+

Fusobacterium nucleatum

3.8E+04

1.0E+07

+

Campylobacter rectus

3.0E+04

1.0E+06

+

Eikenella corrodens

7.8E+03

1.0E+07

+

Mandibular right second molar

Porphyromonas gingivalis

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Tannerella forsythia

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Treponema denticola

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Prevotella intermedia

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Parvimonas micra

2.8E+04

1.0E+06

+

Fusobacterium nucleatum

1.3E+06

1.0E+07

+

Campylobacter rectus

1.8E+05

1.0E+06

+

Eikenella corrodens

1.1E+05

1.0E+07

+

Saliva

Porphyromonas gingivalis

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Tannerella forsythia

0.0E+00

1.0E+05

−

Treponema denticola

2.5E+04

1.0E+05

+

Prevotella intermedia

8.9E+06

1.0E+05

+++

Parvimonas micra

1.8E+06

1.0E+06

++

Fusobacterium nucleatum

9.5E+07

1.0E+07

++

Campylobacter rectus

1.8E+07

1.0E+06

+++

Eikenella corrodens

1.3E+07

1.0E+07

++

  1. The pathogenic load in the periodontal pockets is below the threshold