Toothbrush contamination in family members

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial contamination of toothbrushes in family members. Materials and Methods: One hundred and two healthy subjects were included in this descriptive study. Every individual was examined clinically and microbiologically using the CPITN ind...

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Autores principales:	Contreras,Adolfo, Arce,Roger, Botero,Javier Enrique, Jaramillo,Adriana, Betancourt,Marisol
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Periodoncia de Chile. Sociedad de Implantología Oral de Chile. Sociedad de Prótesis y Rehabilitación Oral de Chile. 2010
Materias:	Toothbrush contamination enteric rods periodontopathic bacteria biofilms Porphyromonas gingivalis Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitan
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0719-010720100001000042012-03-14Toothbrush contamination in family membersContreras,AdolfoArce,RogerBotero,Javier EnriqueJaramillo,AdrianaBetancourt,Marisol Toothbrush contamination enteric rods periodontopathic bacteria biofilms Porphyromonas gingivalis Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitan Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial contamination of toothbrushes in family members. Materials and Methods: One hundred and two healthy subjects were included in this descriptive study. Every individual was examined clinically and microbiologically using the CPITN index and collecting subgingival plaque samples. Each participant received a toothbrush for home use and after one month they returned it to the investigators. All toothbrushes were cultured to determine the presence of periodontopathic bacteria and enteric rods. Wilkoxon signed rank test and t student test (P d"0.05) were used to compare differences in the subgingival microbiota and toothbrush contamination and CPITN index among family members. Results: A high proportion of toothbrushes resulted highly contaminated with enteric rods (P d"0.001) compared to the subgingival environment where periodontopathic bacteria were more prevalent. The most frequent microorganisms found in toothbrushes used by parents and children for one month were Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae species (>50%) and Fusobacterium spp (30%). Conclusions: High levels of enteric rods were commonly detected in toothbrushes used for 1 month among members of the families. These opportunistic organisms may have an important role in oral infections including gingivitis and periodontitis. Monthly replacement or disinfection of the toothbrush can reduce the risk of bacterial transmission/translocation and thus diminish the incidence of biofilm associated oral diseases.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Periodoncia de Chile. Sociedad de Implantología Oral de Chile. Sociedad de Prótesis y Rehabilitación Oral de Chile.Revista clínica de periodoncia, implantología y rehabilitación oral v.3 n.1 20102010-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-01072010000100004en10.4067/S0719-01072010000100004
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Toothbrush contamination enteric rods periodontopathic bacteria biofilms Porphyromonas gingivalis Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitan
spellingShingle	Toothbrush contamination enteric rods periodontopathic bacteria biofilms Porphyromonas gingivalis Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitan Contreras,Adolfo Arce,Roger Botero,Javier Enrique Jaramillo,Adriana Betancourt,Marisol Toothbrush contamination in family members
description	Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial contamination of toothbrushes in family members. Materials and Methods: One hundred and two healthy subjects were included in this descriptive study. Every individual was examined clinically and microbiologically using the CPITN index and collecting subgingival plaque samples. Each participant received a toothbrush for home use and after one month they returned it to the investigators. All toothbrushes were cultured to determine the presence of periodontopathic bacteria and enteric rods. Wilkoxon signed rank test and t student test (P d"0.05) were used to compare differences in the subgingival microbiota and toothbrush contamination and CPITN index among family members. Results: A high proportion of toothbrushes resulted highly contaminated with enteric rods (P d"0.001) compared to the subgingival environment where periodontopathic bacteria were more prevalent. The most frequent microorganisms found in toothbrushes used by parents and children for one month were Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae species (>50%) and Fusobacterium spp (30%). Conclusions: High levels of enteric rods were commonly detected in toothbrushes used for 1 month among members of the families. These opportunistic organisms may have an important role in oral infections including gingivitis and periodontitis. Monthly replacement or disinfection of the toothbrush can reduce the risk of bacterial transmission/translocation and thus diminish the incidence of biofilm associated oral diseases.
author	Contreras,Adolfo Arce,Roger Botero,Javier Enrique Jaramillo,Adriana Betancourt,Marisol
author_facet	Contreras,Adolfo Arce,Roger Botero,Javier Enrique Jaramillo,Adriana Betancourt,Marisol
author_sort	Contreras,Adolfo
title	Toothbrush contamination in family members
title_short	Toothbrush contamination in family members
title_full	Toothbrush contamination in family members
title_fullStr	Toothbrush contamination in family members
title_full_unstemmed	Toothbrush contamination in family members
title_sort	toothbrush contamination in family members
publisher	Sociedad de Periodoncia de Chile. Sociedad de Implantología Oral de Chile. Sociedad de Prótesis y Rehabilitación Oral de Chile.
publishDate	2010
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Toothbrush contamination in family members

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