PMID- 19682173 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091207 LR - 20220330 IS - 1600-051X (Electronic) IS - 0303-6979 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 10 DP - 2009 Oct TI - The influence of a probiotic milk drink on the development of gingivitis: a pilot study. PG - 850-6 LID - 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01459.x [doi] AB - AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a probiotic milk drink on gingival health and the development of experimental gingivitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty volunteer students took part in a parallel-designed non-blinded study. The test group drank a probiotic drink once a day; the control group did not receive any product to drink. After 8 weeks, individual mechanical plaque control was interrupted for 96 h. Papilla bleeding index, interproximal plaque and Turesky plaque index (PI) were recorded at baseline, after 8 weeks and again 96 h later. At the same time points, gingival crevicular fluid had been collected for analysis of polymorphonuclear elastase, myeloperoxidase (MPO) and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3). RESULTS: Interproximal PI and papillary bleeding were not different between the groups. In the test group, elastase activity and MMP-3 amount were significantly lower after the intake of the probiotic milk drink (p<0.001 and 0.016). There was a significant increase of MPO activity in the control group; both groups were different at the end of the study (p=0.014). CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest a beneficial effect of the probiotic milk drink on gingival inflammation. FAU - Staab, Benedict AU - Staab B AD - Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Eick, Sigrun AU - Eick S FAU - Knofler, Gerhild AU - Knofler G FAU - Jentsch, Holger AU - Jentsch H LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090812 PL - United States TA - J Clin Periodontol JT - Journal of clinical periodontology JID - 0425123 RN - EC 1.11.1.7 (Peroxidase) RN - EC 3.4.21.37 (Leukocyte Elastase) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dental Plaque/etiology MH - Dental Plaque Index MH - Female MH - Gingival Crevicular Fluid/enzymology MH - Gingival Hemorrhage/etiology MH - Gingivitis/*etiology MH - Humans MH - Leukocyte Elastase/analysis MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/analysis MH - *Milk MH - Periodontal Index MH - Peroxidase/analysis MH - Pilot Projects MH - Probiotics/*therapeutic use MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2009/08/18 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2009/08/18 09:00 PHST- 2009/08/18 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/08/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - CPE1459 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01459.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Periodontol. 2009 Oct;36(10):850-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01459.x. Epub 2009 Aug 12.