“…As periodontal disease develops, a shift occurs in the relative abundance of specific species. Elevated numbers of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, and Treponema denticola, which form the red-microbial complex, correlate with gingivitis, chronic periodontitis, acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, endodontic lesions, and have been associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke, endometriosis, preterm delivery of low-birthweight infants, and diabetes mellitus (Socransky et al, 1998;Yuan et al, 2001;Kshirsagar et al, 2007;Chen et al, 2008;Makiura et al, 2008;Kavoussi et al, 2009;Inaba and Amano, 2010). While oral Treponemes constitute a low percentage of the bacterial population in gingival crevicular fluid of healthy individuals, they are abundant in periodontal pockets Ellen and Galimanas, 2005).…”