Salivary levels of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis in early childhood caries: An in vivo study
Author(s) -
Deepika Patidar,
Suma Sogi,
Varsha Singh,
Pottathil Shinu,
Ashish Loomba,
Dinesh Chand Patidar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
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/jisppd.jisppd_204_18
Subject(s) - streptococcus sanguinis , streptococcus mutans , saliva , medicine , dentistry , early childhood caries , wilcoxon signed rank test , mann–whitney u test , oral health , biology , bacteria , genetics
The oral microflora primarily involved in early childhood caries (ECC) is Streptococcus mutans while Streptococcus sanguinis is related to healthy caries-free mouth. The antagonism between the two at biological level is well recognized.
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