Extracellular DNA and Markers of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Saliva from Patients with Periodontitis-A Case-Control Study.

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease. We have previously shown that salivary DNA is higher in patients with periodontitis. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are involved in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Health Literacy Associations with Periodontal Disease among Slovak Adults.

Periodontal disease is inflammation of the gums and without good oral hygiene, it can progress to periodontitis. Oral hygiene might be related to a patient's health literacy (HL), defined as ability to gain access, understand, and use information to promote and maintain good health. The aim of our study is to examine the associations of HL with indicators of periodontal disease.

Urea and creatinine levels in saliva of patients with and without periodontitis.

Despite the fact that saliva contains measurable concentrations of urea and creatinine, it is not widely used in clinical nephrology. One of the reasons is the high inter- and intra-individual variability in the salivary markers of kidney function. We hypothesized that gingival bleeding in patients with periodontitis could contribute to this variability by increasing the concentration of salivary urea or creatinine.

[Diabetes mellitus and the oral cavity].

The paper summarizes current knowledge on the diseases of the oral cavity that may be related to diabetes mellitus. It draws the attention to the symptoms that signify potential association between the oral cavity disease and so far undiagnosed diabetes. Attention is paid to a connection between type 2 diabetes and periodontitis, as it is known that diabetes mellitus may contribute to the development of periodontitis, although a reciprocal link also exists and decompensated diabetes may be improved when periodontitis is cured.

[Effect of bile and bile acids on bacterial resistance to antibiotics].

The combined effect of bile acids and antibiotics on the moderately sensitive and resistant staphylococcal strains was studied. 10 staphylococcal cultures isolated from patients with different pyo-inflammatory diseases were tested for their sensitivity to 5 antibiotics (benzylpenicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, kanamycin and chlortetracycline). 9 of them were moderately sensitive to the drugs.