- Treponema denticola
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Treponema denticola"
regnum = Eubacteria
phylum =Spirochaete s
classis =Spirochaete s
ordo = Spirochaetales
familia =Treponemataceae
genus = "Treponema"
species = "T. denticola""Treponema denticola" is a motile and highly proteolytic bacterium. The Gram-negative oral spirochete is associated with the incidence and severity of human
periodontal disease . "Treponema denticola" levels in the mouth are elevated in patients withperiodontal disease s and the species is considered one of the main etiological agents ofperiodontitis . cite book |chapterurl=http://www.horizonpress.com/oral2|author=Jobin M-C et al|year=2008|chapter=The Molecular Biology of the Survival and Virulence of Treponema denticola |title=Molecular Oral Microbiology|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id= [http://www.horizonpress.com/oral2 ISBN 978-1-904455-24-0] ]"T. denticola" dwells in a complex and diverse microbial community in the oral cavity and is highly specialized to survive in this environment.
"T. denticola" is related to the syphilis-causing obligate human pathogen, "
Treponema pallidum " subsp. "pallidum".Periodontal disease
Periodontal disease is an infection and inflammation of the
gingiva and occurs in 100% of the adults at some time in their lives. Severe forms include refractory periodontitis and acute necrotizing gingivitis which can cause bone resorption andtooth loss . Treatment involves extensive antibiotic treatment and complex surgery.ee also
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Oral microbiology
*Periodontitis References
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