Clinical evaluation of salivary periodontal pathogen levels by real‐time polymerase chain reaction in patients before dental implant treatment

Abstract

The detection levels of the periodontal pathogens targeted in saliva samples were correlated with the periodontal status. This suggests that using saliva to screen for periodontopathic bacteria offers an easier-to-use clinical tool than the paper point method in the diagnosis and treatment of periodontitis and peri-implantitis.