Table 1.

Primer sequences for bacterial quantification by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)

Primer	Sequence
Tannerella forsythia forward	CGATGATACGCGAGGAACCTTACCC
T. forsythia reverse	CCGAAGGGAAGAAAGCTCTCACTCT
Treponema denticola forward	TAAGGGACAGCTTGCTCACCCCTA
T. denticola reverse	CACCCACGCGTTACTCACCAGTC
Porphyromonas gingivalis forward	GCGAGAGCCTGAACCAGCCA
P. gingivalis reverse	ACTCGTATCGCCCGTTATTCCCGTA
A. actinomycetemcomitans forward	GTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAG
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans reverse	CCTAAGGCACAAACCCATCTC