DETECTION OF ENTAMOEBA GINGIVALIS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS
Selvia Wahib Fayek Gad1, Amany Ahmed Abdel Aal2&3, Sandy Hassan Shabaan4& Ramy Wahba Henin1
1Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University
2Medical Parasitology department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
3Medical Parasitology department, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
4Oral Medicine, Periodontology & Diagnosis, Faculty of Dentistry, Fayoum University.
Objective: A trial was done in the current study to clarify the relationship between Entamoeba gingivalis (E. gingivalis) and patients suffering from chronic periodontitis (CP). Subjects and Methods: Plaque samples were collected from 60 CP patients (Group 1) and 40 healthy volunteers as a control group, (Group 2). Diagnosis of parasitic stages was relied on direct microscopic detection using permanent stain, Trichrome stain. Results: No statistically significance difference was shown between the occurrence of Entamoeba gingivalis in the both studied groups Conclusion: Within the limits of our study no relationship between occurrence of Entamoeba gingivalis and CP
December 2016