Open AccessNatural prevalence of antibody titers to Glucostltransferase of Streptococcus mutans in serum in high and low caries active children
Author(s) -
BC Kirtaniya,
Chawla Hs,
Ashutosh Tiwari,
N. K. Ganguly,
Vinod Sachdev
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-4388.66744
Subject(s) - titer , streptococcus mutans , antibody , antibody titer , medicine , immunoglobulin g , immunology , immunoglobulin a , dentistry , biology , bacteria , genetics
In this investigation, serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin A (IgA) titers, as well as total immunoglobulin concentration (IgG + IgA + IgM), were found to be raised with the increase in the number of dental caries. Only the total serum antibody titer in high dental caries (HDC) group was found to be significantly raised as compared to no dental carries (NDC) group. Although the IgG and IgA titers were raised in blood with the increased number of caries, the results were not statistically significant. However, we could not find any correlation between serum antibodies and dental caries except that there was an increased trend of serum antibodies to GTF with the increased number of carious lesions.