Table 1.
Frequency of bacterial detection in ligature samples and paper point samples
| Bacterial species (periodontal complex color) | Frequency of detection | |
|---|---|---|
| Ligature sample | Sulcus sample | |
| Prevotella intermedia (O) | 0 | 0 |
| Eubacterium nodatum (O) | 0 | 0 |
| Streptococcus constellatus (O) | 0 | 0 |
| Campylobacter rectus (O) | 0 | 0 |
| Tanerella forsythia (R) | 0 | 0 |
| Centruroides gracilis (O) | 0 | 0 |
| Capnocytophaga gingivalis (G) | 2 | 2 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp nucleatum (O) | 5 | 2 |
| Prevotella melanogenica (O) | 6 | 1 |
| Eubacterium saburreum | 6 | 1 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. vincentii (O) | 6 | 1 |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 6 | 1 |
| Capnocytophaga sputigena (G) | 6 | 2 |
| Fusobacterium periodonticum (O) | 7 | 1 |
| Campylobacter showae (O) | 7 | 1 |
| Micromonas micros (O) | 7 | 2 |
| Streptococcus gordonii (Y) | 8 | 1 |
| Prevotella nigrescens (O) | 8 | 2 |
| Streptococcus sanguis (Y) | 8 | 5 |
| Leptotrichia buccalis | 8 | 5 |
| Gemella morbillorum | 8 | 8 |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (G) | 8 | 6 |
| Streptococcus oralis (Y) | 9 | 1 |
| Selenomonas noxia (Y) | 9 | 2 |
| Streptococcus mitis (Y) | 9 | 2 |
| Veillonella parvula (P) | 9 | 3 |
| Treponema socranskii | 9 | 4 |
| Treponema denticola (R) | 10 | 7 |
| Actinomyces odontolyticus I (P) | 11 | 3 |
| Propionibacterium acnes | 11 | 5 |
| Actinomyces israelii (B) | 11 | 6 |
| Actinomyces naeslundii (B) | 11 | 6 |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis (R) | 12 | 6 |
| Capnocytophaga ochracea (G) | 13 | 9 |
| Eikenella corrodens (G) | 14 | 9 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp polymorphum (O) | 14 | 10 |
| Staphylococcus intermedius (Y) | 15 | 10 |
| Actinomyces gerencseriae (B) | 15 | 11 |
| Neiserria mucosae | 16 | 11 |
| Actonomyces viscosus (B) | 17 | 13 |
Note. B = blue complex; G = green complex; O = orange complex; P = purple complex; R = red complex (Socransky, Haffajee, Cugini, Smith & Kent 1998). Unpaired t‐test, p < .0001.