The purpose of this study was to investigate, by electron microscopy, the type of bacterial attachment to the sulcular epithelium in periodontitis. Gingiva biopsies were observed in a transmission electron microscope using cytochemical staining with ruthenium red for glycocalyx visualisation. In addition, subgingival plaque samples and biopsies from the sulcular epithelium in periodontitis from the patients were estimated microbiologically. Aerobic bacteria only were estimated in the subgingival plaque and both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in the gingival biopsies. No bacterial internalisation could be observed. Fimbria-mediated adhesion as the only type of bacterial attachment and a large diversity of bacterial glycocalyces were detected. As the fimbrial adhesins of putative periodontal pathogens are able in vitro to induce inflammation and bone resorption via stimulation of the proinflammatory cytokine production, the demonstrated fimbrial adhesins suggest the significant role of bacterial adhesion to sulcular epithelium in periodontitis.
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