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. 2015 Oct 1;5:69. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00069

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Copyright © 2015 Salminen, Kopra, Hyvärinen, Paju, Mäntylä, Buhlin, Nieminen, Sinisalo and Pussinen.

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The associations (OR) between periodontal parameters and bacterial burden index. ORs are calculated for the association between the periodontal parameters and bacterial burden index III calculated for different bacterial combinations. The OR was calculated for the following combinations of bacteria: P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, P. intermedia, and A. actinomycetemcomitans; for P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, and P. intermedia; and for P. gingivalis and T. forsythia. ABL, alveolar bone loss; PPD, pocket probing depth; BOP, bleeding on probing.