Chosack A, Cleaton-Jones P, Woods A, Matejka J
Hebrew University, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1988 Oct;16(5):289-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1988.tb01777.x.
The caries prevalence (dmft) and severity (css) in 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-old children in South Africa were examined. Four levels of S. mutans in the saliva of 228 of these children was estimated by the spatula method. In all three age groups a statistically higher dmft and css was found with a S. mutans level of greater than 10(6) CFU/ml in saliva than at lower concentrations. At age 5 ANOVA showed significant differences between dmft and css at all S. mutans levels. A high concentration of S. mutans in the saliva may be an indicator of the high risk child at an early age.
对南非3岁、4岁和5岁儿童的龋齿患病率（dmft）和严重程度（css）进行了检查。通过刮铲法估计了其中228名儿童唾液中变形链球菌的四个水平。在所有三个年龄组中，唾液中变形链球菌水平大于10⁶CFU/ml时，dmft和css在统计学上高于较低浓度时。在5岁时，方差分析显示在所有变形链球菌水平下，dmft和css之间存在显著差异。唾液中高浓度的变形链球菌可能是儿童早期高风险的一个指标。
