COBERTURA DE LA LENGUA Y CUENTAS BACTERIANAS SALIVARES EN SUJETOS SANOS Y CON GINGIVITIS Y EN PACIENTES CON PERIODONTITIS

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the discoloration and coating of the tongue in healthy/gingivitis subjects and periodontitis patients. Furthermore, to determine the relationship between the appearance of the tongue and the bacterial load in salivary samples.Material and Methods: Two groups of patients were studied, 70 healthy/gingivitis subjects and 56 periodontitis patients. After scoring of the tongue a salivary sample of each patient was taken and analyzed using a phase-contrast microscope.Results: This investigation showed that most discoloration was found on the distal part of the tongue. The mean number of bacteria per ml sample in relation to a pink, white and yellow appearance of the tongue was 948, 855 and 900 (x106) respectively. The mean number of bacteria per ml sample in relation to no, thin, and thick coating was 948, 863 and 895 (x106) respectively. Analysis did not reveal a relationship between discoloration, coating thickness and total bacterial load. The mean number of bacteria per ml in healthy/gingivitis subjects was 860 and in periodontitis patients 918 (x106).Conclusion: No relationship between the appearance of the tongue and salivary bacterial load could be detected. There was no difference in bacterial load between the healthy/gingivitis and the periodontitis group within the present study population.

• Autores: Mantilla G., Sergio; Danser, Monique M.; Sipos, Pali; Rowshani, Baherah; Van der Velden, Ubele; Van der Weijden, Fridus
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional USTA
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37180
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1887; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37180
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud