Association of oral bacteria with oral hygiene habits and self-reported gingival bleeding.
Randi Jacobsen BertelsenAntonio Manuel Perez BarrionuevoRajesh ShigdelStein Atle LieHuang LinFrancisco Gomez RealTamar Ringel-KulkaAnne Nordrehaug ÅstrømCecilie SvanesPublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2022)
A high frequency of self-reported gingival bleeding was associated with higher bacterial diversity than found in participants reporting no gingival bleeding and with higher total abundance of known periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas spp., Treponema spp., and Bacteroides spp.