Open AccessIsolation of Scardovia wiggsiae using real-time polymerase chain reaction from the saliva of children with early childhood caries
Author(s) -
Preetika Chandna,
Nikhil Srivastava,
Alpana Sharma,
Vrinda Sharma,
Nidhi Gupta,
Vivek Kumar Adlakha
Publication year - 2018
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/jisppd.jisppd_225_17
Subject(s) - saliva , early childhood caries , medicine , outpatient clinic , polymerase chain reaction , dentistry , oral health , biology , biochemistry , gene
This study aimed to quantitatively assess the levels of Scardovia wiggsiae in caries-free and early childhood caries (ECC)- and severe ECC (SECC)-affected children using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).