Table 2.
Occurrence of most frequent isolated bacteria.
| Proband | 1 (m) | 2 (m) | 3 (f) | 4 (f) | 5 (f) | 6 (m) | 7 (m) | 8 (m) | 9 (m) | 10 (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of different isolated bacteria per sample | ||||||||||
| PMMA | 18 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 18 |
| Polyamide | 19 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 22 |
| Most frequent isolated bacteria (cfu/mL) | ||||||||||
| PMMA | ||||||||||
| Actinomyces naeslundii | - | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 100,000 | - | 200,000 | 1,010,000 | 100,000 | - | 100,000 |
| Actinomyces odontolyticus | 120,000 | 1,210,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,300,000 | 4,000,000 | - | - | 340,000 | - | 500,000 |
| Atopobium parvulum | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | - | 100,000 | 200,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Capnocythophaga gingivalis | 1,020,000 | 100,000 | - | 200,000 | 1,000,000 | - | - | 220,000 | 100,000 | - |
| Neisseria mucosa | - | - | - | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 100,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 10,000 |
| Prevotella melaninogenica | 10,000 | 200,000 | 1,000,000 | 400,000 | - | 1,110,000 | - | - | - | 100,000 |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 100,000 | - | - | - | 100,000 | - | - | 10,000 | 410,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Streptococcus mitis Gruppe | - | 1,210,000 | 3,100,000 | - | 1,000,000 | 1,300,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1,300,000 | - |
| Streptococcus parasanguinis | - | 10,000 | - | 200,000 | - | 100,000 | 20,000 | - | - | 1,700,000 |
| Streptococcus sanguinis | - | - | - | 100,000 | 2,000,000 | - | 100,000 | 400,000 | 500,000 | 100,000 |
| Veillonella parvula | 1,110,000 | 1,400,000 | - | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 110,000 | 1,100,000 | 300,000 | 200,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Polyamide | ||||||||||
| Actinomyces naeslundii | 1,100,000 | 10,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,500,000 | - | 1,210,000 | 1,330,000 | - | - | - |
| Actinomyces odontolyticus | 1,200,000 | - | 1,100,000 | 2,300,000 | 1,000,000 | - | 200,000 | 400,000 | 100,000 | 1,100,000 |
| Atopobium parvulum | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Capnocythophaga gingivalis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100,000 | - |
| Neisseria mucosa | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 10,000 | 1,100,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | - | - |
| Prevotella melaninogenica | - | - | - | 100,000 | - | - | - | 100,000 | - | 1,000,000 |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 1,110,000 | - | - | 100,000 | - | - | - | 700,000 | 100,000 | - |
| Streptococcus mitis Gruppe | 1,100,000 | - | - | - | 10,000 | 1,200,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 2,200,000 | - |
| Streptococcus parasanguinis | 210,000 | - | 100,000 | - | 1000,000 | 1,100,000 | - | - | 1,000,000 | 100,000 |
| Streptococcus sanguinis | - | - | 1,000,000 | 300,000 | 1,110,000 | - | 110,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | - |
| Veillonella parvula | 1,000,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | - | 1,100,000 | 1,310,000 | 1,110,000 | 100,000 | 300,000 | 2,000,000 |
Legend: cfu—colony forming units, m—male, f—female.