Salivary calcium concentration in relation to periodontal health of female tobacco smokers: a pilot study.

Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the possibility of differences in the calcium concentration of the saliva between smoker and nonsmoker patients with or without periodontitis.

Method And Materials: A total of 44 women were enrolled in this study. Exclusion criteria were severe general health problems, the prescription of medication, and fewer than 16 remaining teeth.

[Effect of occlusal therapy with FRC splint on periodontal parameters in maintenance phase].

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes of the periodontal parameters of mobile, but splinted teeth with intracoronal fiber reinforced composite and compare to non-mobile teeth in maintenance phase. We splinted 73 teeth (29 non-mobile, 44 mobile) in 18 cases. The periodontal parameters - probing depth, gingival index (Loe-Silness, 1964), plaque index (Silness-Loe, 1965) - were monitored clinically immediately, 1 year and 2 years after complete periodontal treatment.

Salivary calcium reflects skeletal bone density of heavy smokers.

Objective: Our recent studies suggest, that elevated calcium concentration of saliva is characteristic of periodontitis. In this study we analyzed the effect of smoking on salivary calcium and bone density by comparing the level of salivary calcium and the ultrasound scale of bone density of heavy smokers to those of non-smokers.

Design: Salivary samples were collected from 603 women (50-62 years) participating in a pre-screen referral program for osteoporosis.

Salivary variables in relation to tobacco smoking and female sex steroid hormone-use in 30 to 59-year-old women.

Several systemic conditions may have an influence on oral health. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has a positive effect on alveolar bone of menopausal women and smoking a negative effect. However, little is known about their effect on saliva.

Long-term physical inactivity and oral health in Finnish adults with intellectual disability.

Physical inactivity is prevalent among patients with intellectual disability. Because little is known about the oral effects of poor mobility, we reviewed the medical and dental charts of institutionalized dentate patients (n = 214; 40.2 years +/- 12.

A prospective study on sucrose consumption, visible plaque and caries in children from 3 to 6 years of age.

Objectives: As data on the association of sugar consumption and dental caries in the industrialized countries give mixed results, we prospectively studied this association in 135 healthy Finnish children (71 boys, 64 girls).

Methods: The dental health and oral hygiene of the children was first examined at the mean age (+/-SD) of 37.4 (+/-2.

Rehabilitation of a periodontal patient with rapidly progressing marginal alveolar bone loss: 1-year follow-up.

Background: The present case report describes a 1-year follow-up of functional rehabilitation of a young periodontal patient with severely advanced, rapidly progressing marginal bone loss treated by using a new splinting material, i.e., glass fiber-reinforced composite (FRC).

The effect of hormone replacement therapy on salivary calcium concentrations in menopausal women.

Hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women is known to affect the general calcium turnover of the body. No information is available about the effects of hormone therapy on salivary electrolytes and on calcium in particular. A group of 16 healthy peri- and postmenopausal women, all recommended to start hormone replacement therapy, were studied longitudinally for 5 months.

The limited value of three pathogen species in predicting healing of periodontal pockets.

Baseline level of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans has been suggested as being predictive of periodontal treatment outcome. We analyzed the presence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and Prevotella intermedia in 55 deep periodontal pockets of 29 patients (18 men, 11 women, 37-75 years) before and after periodontal treatment. At baseline and after treatment, 62% and 33%, respectively, of the subjects presented with 1, 2, or a combination of all 3 pathogens.

Associations between salivary calcium and oral health.

Recently, we have shown positive correlations between high salivary calcium content and periodontitis, and between high salivary calcium level and the number of intact teeth in selected groups of subjects. The aim of our present study was to determine whether these correlations could be seen in a randomized group of healthy adults. A thorough oral examination including orthopantomograms was carried out for a total of 137 healthy subjects, 63 men (35.

Salivary cholesterol of healthy adults in relation to serum cholesterol concentration and oral health.

Salivary lipids are mostly glandular in origin, but some are believed to diffuse directly from serum. This diffusion and the role of salivary lipids in oral health have scarcely been studied. Therefore, the serum and saliva cholesterol concentrations and oral health were analyzed in a group of healthy adults (n = 139; 64 men and 75 women; 34.

Oral health of 3-year-old children and their parents after 29 months of child-focused antiatherosclerotic dietary intervention in a prospective randomized trial.

A long-term prospective, randomized dietary intervention to prevent exposure of children to the known atherosclerosis risk factors (the STRIP baby project) was started when the age of the children was 7 months. The aim of this substudy was to analyze the oral effects of the dietary intervention in the children and their parents when the children had reached the age of 3 years. Every fifth family of the main study was invited to this substudy (n = 179).

Dietary shifts may explain the incidence of periodontitis in industrialized countries.

A new hypothesis for the etiology of periodontal disease is presented. We suggest that the formation of calcifying dental plaque, together with an established gingival sulcus, leads to circumstances which favor the growth of pathogenic microbes associated with the destruction of the periodontium. We assume that, in ancient humans, this problem was avoided by the nonexistence of sulci around the teeth.

Analysis in gingival crevicular fluid of two oligopeptides derived from human hemoglobin beta-chain.

HPLC on a reversed phase column, amino acid sequencing and mass spectrometry were used to determine the structure of two human gingival crevicular exudate oligopeptides (Leu-Thr-Pro-Glu-Glu-Lys-Ser-Ala-Val-Thr-Ala-Leu and Leu-Val-Val-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Thr-Gln-Arg-Phe) which were shown to have been derived from the beta-chain of hemoglobin. These sequences may simply represent two degradation products of the beta-chain. However, their preservation in an exudate characterized by active peptidolysis may also prompt the question about their possible more specific role.

Calcium and other salivary factors in periodontitis-affected subjects prior to treatment.

Salivary calcium was shown to be higher in treated periodontitis-affected subjects (P+) than in periodontitis-free patients (P-). Here the aim was to study whether differences in calcium or other salivary factors exist prior to treatment. The test group consisted of 20 (15 men, 5 women) periodontitis-affected subjects and the control group 15 subjects (10 men, 5 women) free from periodontitis.

Increased respiratory burst activity is associated with normal expression of IgG-Fc-receptors and complement receptors in peripheral neutrophils from patients with juvenile periodontitis.

The respiratory burst activity in peripheral neutrophils from nine patients with localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) and age- and sex-matched healthy controls was studied by measuring the intensity of luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) induced by unopsonized and three differently opsonized zymosan particles, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The neutrophils from LJP patients showed in general more intense CL with all activators than did their controls. Particularly, the CL response induced by unopsonized zymosan particles and FMLP were significantly higher (p < 0.

Rapid bony healing in localized juvenile periodontitis: a case report.

A 16-yr-old man with localized juvenile periodontitis was treated in one single surgical treatment visit. No adjunctive chemotherapy, implant material, or guided tissue regeneration (GTR) was used. Excellent bone repair was seen after 14 wk at the sites of the vertical periodontal lesions.

Periodontal disease in three siblings with familial neutropenia.

The periodontal status and treatment of three teenagers in a Finnish family with familial neutropenia is described. The mother was also diagnosed with neutropenia. At initial examination, the 15-year-old male and the 10-year-old female had severe periodontitis, whereas the 13-year-old male had oral ulcerations but no significant periodontal disease.

Efficacy of bone-fill favoring treatment on juvenile periodontitis.

In this study we evaluated the effect of bone-fill favoring mechanical treatment on the marginal bone level and periodontal pockets of juvenile periodontitis patients. A total of 10 patients (3 men and 7 women) 13-29 yr of age were treated until no gingivitis or periodontal pockets were present. The intensive therapy (3-8 wk) included scaling, curettage and modified Widman flaps.

Altered tissue metabolism of progesterone in pregnancy gingivitis and granuloma.

The metabolism of progesterone may play a special role in the gingival physiology. The lower the metabolism the higher its hormonal activity in the tissue. In healthy human gingiva, progesterone is metabolized only partially and is therefore in an active form.

Comparative study on mineralization-related intraoral parameters in periodontitis-affected and periodontitis-free adults.

The parameters related to an intraoral mineralization tendency in periodontitis-affected (P+) and periodontitis-free (P-) study subjects (16 adults, 46-74 yr, matched for sex and age) were compared. For this purpose the calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) concentration of both plaque and saliva, resting pH and the acidogenic response of interdental plaque, plaque wet weight, salivary flow rate, buffering capacity and sucrase activity, interdental plaque, plaque S. mutans levels as well as salivary lactobacilli and yeast levels were estimated.

A mineral-related feature of young plaque characteristic to periodontitis-affected adults.

The calcium concentration of 3-day-old total supragingival plaque in periodontitis-affected adults (n = 12) and their age and sex-matched periodontitis-free pairs was compared. The young plaque of the periodontitis-affected adults contained more calcium per protein (P less than 0.025, sign test) than that of the periodontitis-free pairs.

A study of the possible correlation of high salivary calcium levels with periodontal and dental conditions in young adults.

The periodontal bone level and the number of erupted and intact teeth were assessed from the X-rays of 46 dental students (mean age 24.2 yr). Paraffin-stimulated whole saliva was collected in a standardized way and the salivary flow-rate was measured.