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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2012 Dec;114(6):764–770. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.08.444

Table II.

Abundance of microbes and viruses in saliva and biofilm samples

Sample type Avg. microbes Avg. viruses Avg. PI BRONJ (V) Avg. PI Control* (V)
Normal saliva 1.4 × 107 1.5 × 108 1.2 × 108 1.6 × 108
BRONJ saliva 8.2 × 106 7.2 × 107 7.6 × 108 1.1 × 1010
Normal biofilm NA 7.1 × 108 7.1 × 1010 1.6 × 1010
BRONJ biofilm NA 8.1 × 108 5.3 × 107 1.6 × 107

PI, Prophage induction; V, viruses.

*

Non–mitomycin C.