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Published in final edited form as: J Endod. 2015 Oct 29;41(12):1975–1984. doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2015.08.022

Table 6.

Percentage of the bacterial phyla presented in the periodontal pockets (PP) and root canals (RC) of combined endodontic-periodontal lesions before (B) and after (A) chemomechanical preparation by culture in 15 subjects

	Periodontal Pockets		Root Canals
PHYLUM	Before Treatment	After Treatment	Before Treatment	After Treatment


Actinobacteria	20.51	10.34	17.65	25.00
Bacteroidetes	17.95	17.24	11.76	25.00
Firmicutes	46.15	51.72	47.06	50.00
Fusobacteria	2.56	3.45	2.94	0.00
Proteobacteria	12.82	17.24	20.59	0.00