Open AccessA preliminary study on the screening of emerging drug resistance among the caries pathogens isolated from carious dentine
Author(s) -
Girija A.S Smiline,
Suba K Pandi,
P. Hariprasad,
R Raguraman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.99033
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , antimicrobial , candida albicans , oral microbiology , microbiology and biotechnology , population , drug resistance , biology , bacteria , genetics , environmental health
Dental caries being the commonest unmet public health problem indicates its need to urge the dentists to overcome this problem globally. Caries exhibit in different types and is found to be associated with co-aggregation property of microbial flora with other oral hygienic factors. In spite of the surgical removals, excavations and administration of antimicrobials for carious dentine, there seems to be repeated infection and chronic prevalence of caries. A complete understanding of microbial etiology and prevention of emerging drug-resistant strains will aid in the eradication of this chronic dentine problem condition from the oral cavity.