Publication details
Klinický význam mikrobiologického testování v parodontologii
| Title in English | Clinical relevance of microbiological testing in periodontology |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | LKS - Časopis České stomatologické komory |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://www.lks-casopis.cz/clanek/klinicky-vyznam-mikrobiologickeho-testovani-v-parodontologii/ |
| Keywords | microbiological analysis; periodontitis; dental plaque; biofilm; oral microbiome |
| Description | The review deals with importance of routine microbiological analysis of dental biofilm for clinical periodontology. Authors offer different points of view of this complex topic. Advanced PCR-based methods bring new insights and change our knowledge of periodontal aetiology and pathogenesis. Recent methods are able to detect hundreds of microbes with just one test, many of them otherwise uncultivable. In clinical practice, however, cheap and simple methods are used instead to analyse only few of the relevant bacterial taxa. Research in this field helps to identify disease-related, as well as health-related bacteria. That helps with our understanding of periodontitis and defining new therapeutic options. On the other hand, advanced methods are usually expensive and often unavailable, and their use in daily practice is still controversial. There is no consensus to date on interpretation of data obtained from microbiological assays, their prognostic or therapeutic value. The aim of this article is to elaborate on current knowledge and relevance of microbiological analysis for clinical periodontology. |