Aciöz Mehmet, Ak Gökhan, Bozkaya Faruk
Province Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, Denizli, Türkiye.
Muğla Oral and Dental Health Center, Muğla, Türkiye.
BMC Oral Health. 2025 Jul 5;25(1):1105. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06517-x.
The aim was to determine the prevalence of Entamoeba gingivalis and Trichomonas tenax in periodontitis and gingivitis patients and their distribution according to some risk factors.
The study was conducted on a total of 120 people, including 40 patients with periodontitis, 40 patients with gingivitis, and 40 healthy individuals as a control group. Scraping samples taken from mandibular right incisal region, maxillary right sulcus region and maxillary right palatal cervical regions were examined under a light microscope for E. gingivalis and T. tenax.
Prevalence of E. gingivalis and T. tenax among all individuals was 44.2% and 5.5%, respectively. The prevalence of E. gingivalis and T. tenax among gingivitis patients was 47.5% and 7.5%, respectively, while in the control group both parasites were detected in 5% of the individuals with no statistical difference (P > 0.05). The prevalence of E. gingivalis and T. tenax with periodontitis patients and control groups was 80%, 10% and 20%, 3.8% respectively. Statistically significant difference was determined among these groups (P < 0.05). While E. gingivalis and T. tenax were found in 51%, 8.8% in patients with gingivitis and periodontitis, their prevalence in the control group was 5%, 0% respectively. A statistically significant difference among groups for the presence of E. gingivalis was observed (P < 0.05), while the difference among groups for T.tenax was no significant (P > 0.05). No significant relationship between the presence of E. gingivalis or T.tenax and oral location was detected.
The study indicated that both E. gingivalis and T. tenax were significantly more prevalent in individuals with periodontitis and gingivitis compared to the healthy controls, while demographic factors such as age, gender, and educational level showed no significant association with the presence of these protozoa.
目的是确定牙周炎和牙龈炎患者中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的患病率及其根据一些风险因素的分布情况。
该研究共对120人进行，包括40名牙周炎患者、40名牙龈炎患者以及作为对照组的40名健康个体。从下颌右切牙区、上颌右龈沟区和上颌右腭颈区采集的刮片样本在光学显微镜下检查牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫。
所有个体中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的患病率分别为44.2%和5.5%。牙龈炎患者中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的患病率分别为47.5%和7.5%，而在对照组中，5%的个体检测到这两种寄生虫，无统计学差异（P＞0.05）。牙周炎患者和对照组中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的患病率分别为80%、10%和20%、3.8%。这些组之间存在统计学显著差异（P＜0.05）。牙龈炎和牙周炎患者中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的检出率分别为51%、8.8%，而在对照组中其患病率分别为5%、0%。观察到各组之间牙龈内阿米巴存在情况有统计学显著差异（P＜0.05），而各组之间口腔毛滴虫的差异不显著（P＞0.05）。未检测到牙龈内阿米巴或口腔毛滴虫的存在与口腔位置之间的显著关系。
该研究表明，与健康对照组相比，牙周炎和牙龈炎患者中牙龈内阿米巴和口腔毛滴虫的患病率均显著更高，而年龄、性别和教育水平等人口统计学因素与这些原生动物的存在无显著关联。
