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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3239-3242, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Prevalence of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Periodontal Health Status

Ann L. Griffen,1,* Mitzi R. Becker,1 Sharon R. Lyons,2 Melvin L. Moeschberger,3 and Eugene J. Leys2

Department of Pediatric Dentistry1 and Department of Oral Biology,2 College of Dentistry, and Division of Epidemiology and Biometrics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine,3 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Received 2 February 1998/Returned for modification 9 June 1998/Accepted 3 August 1998

Periodontitis is a common, progressive disease that eventually affects the majority of the population. The local destruction of periodontitis is believed to result from a bacterial infection of the gingival sulcus, and several clinical studies have provided evidence to implicate Porphyromonas gingivalis. If P. gingivalis is a periodontal pathogen, it would be expected to be present in most subjects with disease and rarely detected in subjects with good periodontal health. However, in most previous studies, P. gingivalis has not been detected in the majority of subjects with disease, and age-matched, periodontally healthy controls were not included for comparison. The purpose of the study reported here was to compare the prevalence of P. gingivalis in a group with periodontitis to that of a group that is periodontally healthy. A comprehensive sampling strategy and a sensitive PCR assay were used to maximize the likelihood of detection. The target sequence for P. gingivalis-specific amplification was the transcribed spacer region within the ribosomal operon. P. gingivalis was detected in only 25% (46 of 181) of the healthy subjects but was detected in 79% (103 of 130) of the periodontitis group (P < 0.0001). The odds ratio for being infected with P. gingivalis was 11.2 times greater in the periodontitis group than in the healthy group (95% confidence interval, 6.5 to 19.2). These data implicate P. gingivalis in the pathogenesis of periodontitis and suggest that P. gingivalis may not be a normal inhabitant of a periodontally healthy dentition.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, 305 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210. Phone: (614) 292-1150. Fax: (614) 688-3077. E-mail: griffen.1{at}osu.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3239-3242, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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