{"id":54520,"date":"2021-03-29T21:02:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.dentalvibe.com\/dental-glossary\/bacteria-testing-periodontics\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:34:10","slug":"bacteria-testing-periodontics","status":"publish","type":"dental-glossary","link":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/dental-glossary\/bacteria-testing-periodontics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0a2c\u0a48\u0a15\u0a1f\u0a30\u0a40\u0a06 \u0a26\u0a40 \u0a1c\u0a3e\u0a02\u0a1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If bacteria is suspected to be causing disease or increasing risk factors, a periodontist may prescribe bacteria testing. Gum disease is the most common result of bacterial caused oral issues and is suspected to lead to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/oral-health\/guide\/gingivitis-periodontal-disease#:~:text=Periodontitis,%20also%20generally%20called%20gum%20disease%20or%20periodontal,teeth.%20What's%20the%20Difference%20Between%20Gingivitis%20and%20Periodontitis?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other health issues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The testing allows a periodontist to learn the level of bacterial infection and infestation, which can help determine the best approach to controlling it and removing it as an oral threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Risk Assessment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: When a patient enters a medical center, their degree of injury or illness, as well as the risk of either becoming worse, is assessed by medical personnel. A patient having chest pains, for example, will be assessed as being a larger risk of dying than a patient who suspects they broke a finger. A patient bleeding profusely because of a wound, may take priority over a patient experiencing flu symptoms.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This assessment is called triage in emergency room settings and lets nurses and doctors prioritize what patients get seen and treated in a particular order. Knife wounds and heart attacks will get treatment quicker than broken fingers and the flu, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same happens with periodontal patients, without the prioritization of one patient over another. The periodontist and dental personnel examining a patient&#8217;s mouth are making an assessment as to the presence of disease, its proliferation and the proper treatment regimen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With bacterial testing, the purpose is to gauge how prolific gum disease-causing bacteria is and what the appropriate level of treatment is (much like with triage.) A test result gives the periodontist key information regarding how to go about repairing a patient&#8217;s oral health. Bacterial testing helps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnose disease or disease risk factors,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Document bacteria levels in the mouth,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verify associated diagnosis (if no bacteria is present, but the patient has evidence of gum damage, it might not be because of disease, but other contributing factors,)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help determine proper treatment approaches,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track and monitor treatment effectiveness and progress,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide a documentation history of treatment should the patient have a recurrence of the issues that brought them to the periodontist in the first place.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How it works: A bacterial test is administered by a periodontal clinician placing a small piece of paper in the patient&#8217;s mouth, near or in the gum pocket suspected to be under assault or at risk. The paper will absorb samples, including bacteria and evidence of bacteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once removed from the patient&#8217;s mouth, the sample is sent to a lab for testing. The sample is analyzed and the results are sent to the periodontist. From that, they can make decisions regarding disease presence, risk factors and treatment.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","dental-glossary-categories":[4516,4518,4543],"class_list":["post-54520","dental-glossary","type-dental-glossary","status-publish","hentry","dental-glossary-categories-all","dental-glossary-categories-b","dental-glossary-categories-terms-and-procedures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dental-glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dental-glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary-categories?post=54520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}