Apical periodontitis: preliminary assessment of microbiota by 16S rRNA high throughput amplicon target sequencing

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 Salient data retrieved form the patient’s records

Sample_code	gender	age	Histology	Maximum diameter	Region^a	Root canal therapy^b
RC_1	M	28	RC	21 mm	4.6	+ 4.6
RC_2	F	30	RC	20 mm	3.6	–
RC_3	M	31	RC	24 mm	4.6	+ 4.6
RC_4	M	29	RC	22 mm	1.1, 1.2, 1.3	+ 1.1
RC_5	M	40	RC	13.5 mm	4.6	–
PG_6	F	23	PG	20 mm	1.6, 1.7 1.8	+ 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
PG_7	F	39	PG	20 mm	3.6	–
PG_8	F	25	PG	15 mm	4.7	+ 4.7
PG_9	M	36	PG	20 mm	2.6, 2.7	+ 2.6, 2.7
PG_10	F	20	PG	11 mm	3.8	–

^a “Region” refers to the tooth/teeth adjacent to the APs
^b “Root canal therapy” indicates if tooth/teeth received endodontic treatment before the extraction

ISSN: 1472-6831