Departamento de Odontologia Clínica e Social, Universidade Federal da Paraíba , João Pessoa, PB , Brasil ; Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba , João Pessoa, PB , Brasil.
Braz J Microbiol. 2008 Oct;39(4):648-51. doi: 10.1590/S1517-83822008000400009. Epub 2008 Dec 1.
This work correlated the presence of oral streptococci in dental biofilm with clinical indexes of caries and oral hygiene in caries-active and caries-free children. S. mutans and/or S. sobrinus in the dental biofilm does not indicate a direct risk for developing dental caries.
本研究旨在探讨龋齿活跃和无龋齿儿童的牙菌斑中口腔链球菌的存在与龋齿和口腔卫生临床指标的相关性。牙菌斑中存在变异链球菌和/或远缘链球菌并不表明其具有导致龋齿发生的直接风险。