Abstract

BALDEMIRA RODRIGUEZ, Iriam; ILIASASTIGUI ORTUETA², Zaida T  and  ACOSTA NAVARRO³, María E. Sangramiento gingival y flora bacteriana en la gingivitis y la periodontitis. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 1996, vol.33, n.2, pp. 91-95. ISSN 1561-297X.

Thirty periodontal sites presenting with gingivitis and 30 with periodontitis were studied with the aim of determining the relation between gingival bleeding and microflora present in gingivitis and periodontitis. Patients selected for the study did not present with a history of systemic diseases and received neither antimicrobial medication nor periodontal treatment during the last 6 months, in the case of women it was required that they were not pregnant. The sample was taken in the teeth chosen in compliance with the requirements established; then the sample was immediately examined in the dark field microscope. Results obtained suggest that there was no relationship between microbial morphological types and the different values of the gingival bleeding index.

Keywords : GINGIVITIS [microbiology]; PERIODONTITIS [microbiology]; TOOH [microbiology]; GINGIVAL BLEEDING; PERIODONTAL DISEASES.