Open AccessComparison of oral micro-flora in caries active and caries free Indian children using culture techniques and PCR analysis
Author(s) -
Kalpana Bansal,
Rama Chaudhary,
Vijay Prakash Mathur,
Nitesh Tewari
Publication year - 2020
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/ijdr.ijdr_39_19
Subject(s) - dental plaque , dentistry , veillonella , streptococcus mutans , medicine , early childhood caries , microbiology and biotechnology , population , biology , streptococcus , bacteria , oral health , environmental health , genetics
Although Streptococcus mutans has been implicated as the major etiologic agent in the development of dental caries, however, this organism has not been found to be present in all children with caries. Thus it remains to be elucidated whether a single or specific consortium of bacteria is responsible for the caries process. The aim of this study is to evaluate the oral microflora of Indian children suffering from dental caries and to compare the same in children with no caries.