Isolation Trichomonas tenax and study of the relationship between parasite prevalence and periodontal disease and diabetes in Nineveh Governorate /Iraq

Abstract

The current study included the collection and examination of 286 samples taken in the form of swabs from the periodontal pocket from people with periodontal disease, distributed among 186 samples from the auditors of the periodontal diseases branch of the Teaching Hospital at the College of Dentistry/University of Mosul, some outpatient clinics for dentists, and 100 samples from health centers in Tal Afar and Sinjar districts. Affiliated to Nineveh Governorate to investigate the parasite Trichomonas tenax, where the total infection rate was 0.07% and the percentage was higher in males .09% than in females 5.22%. The highest infection rate appeared in the age group 49-59 years, reaching 14.06%. Infection with oral diseases such as inflammation and bleeding of the gums had a clear effect on the presence of the parasite T. tenax, where a clear significant effect was observed in the high rate of infection, which amounted to 8.33% among people with gum disease, compared to the rate of infection among people without gum disease, which amounted to 2.86%, and it showed The results showed that the presence of dental plaque and the layer of calcifications had a significant and clear effect on increasing the parasite infection rate,.....