HOST RESPONSES IN PERIODONTAL-DISEASES
HOST RESPONSES IN PERIODONTAL-DISEASES
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DOI:
10.1177/00220345840630031601
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
SLOTS, J
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作者:
GENCO, RJ;SLOTS, J
There have been marked advances in the past two decades in our understanding of host responses which play a critical role in determining the course of periodontal infections. We have knowledge of the microflora associated with periodontal diseases, and, to some extent, some of the specific bacterial species which can destroy periodontal tissues have been identified and characterized. In the accompanying paperl, studies of specific gram-negative bacteria which play a major role in the etiology of periodontal disease are reviewed. For example, Bacteroides gingivalis appears to be a major etiologic organism in many cases of adult periodontitis, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) in localized juvenile periodontitis, and Bacteroides intermedius and intermediate-sized spirochetes in acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. Capnocytophaga species have been associated with advanced periodontitis in juvenile diabetics and in granulocytopenic and immunocompromised hosts, whereas Bacteroides intermedius has been associated with pregnancy gingivitis. Other organisms such as Eubacterium species, Haemophilus species, Wolinella species, Fusobacterium species, Selenomonas sputigena, and Eikenella corrodens appear also to participate in some patients with destructive periodontal disease. 1The present paper will emphasize characteristics of the host's immune response to periodontopathic bacteria which act to limit the ability of these bacteria to colonize the host, to survive in the gingival pocket, and to invade the gingiva and adjacent tissues. Other features of the immune response to periodontopathic bacterialead to destruction of the connective tissues, alveolar bone, and other tissue components surrounding the tooth and will also be presented. The role of the immune response in fibrosis and healing-processes which often occur following, or even in the presence of, active periodontal tissue destruction-will be discussed.