J Periodontol. 1998 Oct;69(10):1172-5. doi: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.10.1172.

Microbiological findings in prepubertal periodontitis. A case report.

Journal of periodontology

I L Chapple, S Dibart, H L Nedleman, S Shusterman, Z Skobe

PMID: 9802719 DOI: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.10.1172

Abstract

Generalized pre-pubertal periodontitis (GPP) is a rare entity that usually affects children with severe systemic diseases. We report the case of a 7-year-old male patient diagnosed with GPP, with no apparent systemic condition, who lost all his primary teeth to periodontal disease. Before extractions, while he was still in mixed dentition the subgingival plaque was collected and analyzed using DNA probes to 40 different microorganisms. Putative periodontopathogens such as Prevotella intermedia, Selenomonas noxia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans could be identified throughout the mouth. More intriguing was the colonization of the sulcus of some secondary teeth by potentially harmful microorganisms found in pockets of diseased adjacent primary teeth.

Substances

• DNA Probes
• DNA, Bacterial

MeSH terms

• Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / genetics
• Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / isolation & purification
• Aggressive Periodontitis / complications
• Aggressive Periodontitis / microbiology*
• Child
• DNA Probes
• DNA, Bacterial / analysis
• Dental Plaque / microbiology
• Dentition, Mixed
• Fusobacterium nucleatum / genetics
• Fusobacterium nucleatum / isolation & purification
• Humans
• Male
• Mouth / microbiology
• Periodontal Pocket / microbiology
• Prevotella intermedia / genetics
• Prevotella intermedia / isolation & purification
• Selenomonas / genetics
• Selenomonas / isolation & purification
• Tooth Exfoliation / etiology
• Tooth, Deciduous / pathology

Publication Types

• Case Reports
• Journal Article

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