Open AccessCan coffee combat caries? An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Divyasri Godavarthy,
Rashmi Naik,
Praveen Kumar Gali,
B R Ahmed Mujib,
Venkata Ramana Reddy Baddam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_172_19
Subject(s) - streptococcus mutans , saliva , food science , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , oral health , dentistry , bacteria , medicine , chemistry , biology , genetics
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease caused by oral microflora, diet and oral environment. Oral microflora is crucial in initiation and progression of caries. An important strategy in the prevention of dental caries is to inhibit Streptococcus mutans , a caries causing bacteria. Use of natural products in the disease prevention has been increasing recently. One among such products is coffee which has anticariogenic properties against S. mutans . The aim of the present study is to evaluate the anticariogenic efficacy of coffee against S. mutans .