Intraindividual variation in core microbiota in peri-implantitis and periodontitis

Sci Rep. 2014 Oct 13:4:6602. doi: 10.1038/srep06602.

Abstract

The oral microbiota change dramatically with each part of the oral cavity, even within the same mouth. Nevertheless, the microbiota associated with peri-implantitis and periodontitis have been considered the same. To improve our knowledge of the different communities of complex oral microbiota, we compared the microbial features between peri-implantitis and periodontitis in 20 patients with both diseases. Although the clinical symptoms of peri-implantitis were similar to those of periodontitis, the core microbiota of the diseases differed. Correlation analysis revealed the specific microbial co-occurrence patterns and found some of the species were associated with the clinical parameters in a disease-specific manner. The proportion of Prevotella nigrescens was significantly higher in peri-implantitis than in periodontitis, while the proportions of Peptostreptococcaceae sp. and Desulfomicrobium orale were significantly higher in periodontitis than in peri-implantitis. The severity of the peri-implantitis was also species-associated, including with an uncultured Treponema sp. that correlated to 4 clinical parameters. These results indicate that peri-implantitis and periodontitis are both polymicrobial infections with different causative pathogens. Our study provides a framework for the ecologically different bacterial communities between peri-implantitis and periodontitis, and it will be useful for further studies to understand the complex microbiota and pathogenic mechanisms of oral polymicrobial diseases.

Publication types

  • Meta-Analysis
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbiota / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth / microbiology
  • Mouth / pathology
  • Peptostreptococcus / genetics
  • Peptostreptococcus / isolation & purification
  • Peptostreptococcus / pathogenicity
  • Peri-Implantitis / genetics
  • Peri-Implantitis / microbiology*
  • Peri-Implantitis / pathology
  • Periodontitis / genetics
  • Periodontitis / microbiology*
  • Periodontitis / pathology