The Impact of Material on Microbiota in Association With Tongue and Lip Piercing

Completed

• Conditions: Bacteremia
• Interventions: Device: piercings of four different materials

• Registration Number: NCT01039259
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck

Brief Summary

Biofilms on oral piercings may serve as a bacterial reservoir and lead to systemic bacteraemia or local transmission of periopathogenic microbiota.

The investigators hypothesize that there are microbiological differences in bacterial samples collected from tongue /or lip piercings made of different materials. The investigators also hypothesize that the piercings carry the same characteristic bacteria as found in the piercing channels and that independently the biofilm on the tongue/adjacent teeth is similar to the other study locations.

85 subjects with tongue and 85 subjects with lip piercing will participate. Periodontal clinical parameters, traumata of hard tissues, and characteristics of the stud are evaluated. Sterile piercings of four different materials will be randomly allocated to the study subjects. After two weeks, microbiologic samples are collected and are processed by checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization methods.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-08
• Status Verified: 2009-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2009-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-12-23
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-24
• Last Update Posted: 2009-12-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

• lip/tongue piercing for at least six month in situ

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy and lactating women
• medication with known effects on gingival tissues
• antibiotic medication in the last six months or need for antibiotic prophylaxis
• chlorhexidine use in the last six months
• non-plaque induced gingival disease
• prior diagnosis of periodontitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
subjects with lip piercing	piercings of four different materials	-
subjects with tongue piercing	piercings of four different materials	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
microbiologic findings of piercing samples	2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
microbiologic findings in piercing channels, microbiologic findings on the tongue/adjacent teeth	2 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Innsbruck Medical University; 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, Austria