Detection of oral streptococci in dental biofilm from caries-active and caries-free children.

Autor: da Silva AC; Departamento de Odontologia Clínica e Social, Universidade Federal da Paraíba , João Pessoa, PB , Brasil ; Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba , João Pessoa, PB , Brasil., Cruz Jdos S, Sampaio FC, de Araújo DA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] [Braz J Microbiol] 2008 Oct; Vol. 39 (4), pp. 648-51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Dec 01.
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822008000400009
Abstrakt: This work correlated the presence of oral streptococci in dental biofilm with clinical indexes of caries and oral hygiene in caries-active and caries-free children. S. mutans and/or S. sobrinus in the dental biofilm does not indicate a direct risk for developing dental caries.
Databáze: MEDLINE