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To evaluate the influence of rising sex hormone levels on clinical gingival health, specific oral microbial populations, and serum antibodies during pubertal development.

November 1, 1994Journal Of Clinical Periodontology

A longitudinal study from prepuberty to puberty of gingivitis

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NSNakagawa SatomiTokyo Dental College HFHiromichi FujiiOsaka City University KOKatsuji OkudaTokyo Dental College

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Longitudinal study reveals increased gingivitis and oral bacteria in adolescents transitioning through puberty, suggesting rising sex hormones elevate periodontal inflammation risk.

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To evaluate the influence of rising sex hormone levels on clinical gingival health, specific oral microbial populations, and serum antibodies during pubertal development.
Longitudinally monitored 24 subjects (12 with gingivitis and 12 gingivitis-free at elementary school baseline) through pubertal progression.
Pubertal maturation confirmed using bone age assessments and self-evaluations of secondary sex characteristics alongside systemic sex hormone profiling.
Measured clinical Gingival Index (GI) and Plaque Index (PlI) scores, proportions of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens, and serum antibody titers.
Gingival Index scores increased significantly from prepuberty to puberty, whereas Plaque Index scores exhibited no significant changes over time.
Proportions of P. intermedia and P. nigrescens rose significantly during puberty relative to baseline (except in gingivitis-free males) and correlated positively with testosterone in boys and estradiol and progesterone in girls.
Serum antibody titers against P. intermedia demonstrated a statistically significant longitudinal increase within the gingivitis cohort.

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Satomi et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa04c0ae34084d7ce6926fa https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-051x.1994.tb00783.x

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Longitudinal study reveals increased gingivitis and oral bacteria in adolescents transitioning through puberty, suggesting rising sex hormones elevate periodontal inflammation risk.

A longitudinal study from prepuberty to puberty of gingivitis

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A longitudinal study from prepuberty to puberty of gingivitis

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