Open AccessCorrelating dental caries with oral bacteria and the buffering capacity of saliva in children in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Ahmed Bhayat,
Muhammad Imtiaz Ahmad,
Tamer Hifnawy,
Mohamed S. Mahrous,
Hisham Al-Shorman,
Layla Abu-Naba’a,
Hala Bakeer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.115712
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , dentistry , odds ratio , streptococcus mutans , bacteria , biology , genetics
Caries is associated with high counts of mutans streptococci (MS), lactobacillus (LB), and a low saliva buffering capacity (BC). No study using odds ratios (OR) has correlated caries and these factors and no similar study has been done in Saudi Arabia before.