Open AccessRelationship between severe-early childhood caries, salivary mutans streptococci, and lactobacilli in preschool children of low socioeconomic status in Bengaluru city
Author(s) -
Priyadarshini Hesaraghatta Ramamurthy,
Hiremath Shivalinga Swamy,
Fernandes Bennete,
M Rohini,
T Nagarathnamma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.127054
Subject(s) - early childhood caries , socioeconomic status , medicine , saliva , streptococcus mutans , dentistry , significant difference , cross sectional study , oral health , environmental health , population , biology , pathology , bacteria , genetics
To find out the relationship between severe-early childhood caries (s-ECC) and salivary counts of mutans streptococci (MS) and lactobacillus (LB) in preschool children of low socioeconomic status.