Boardman M, Cleaton-Jones P, Jones C, Hargreaves J A
Dental Research Institute, MRC/University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesbury, South Africa.
Int Dent J. 1994 Apr;44(2):174-80.
Two hundred and eighty-five, 5-year-old children from rural and urban KwaZulu and Namibia were examined for dental caries, salivary mutans streptococci and salivary acid producing bacteria. The findings showed statistically significant correlations between salivary mutans streptococci counts and ds and dmfs scores in all groups of children, the highest values being in Namibian children. Salivary acid forming bacteria had low correlations with few statistically significant groups. While salivary mutans streptococci counts may be a useful caries screening method in children of this age, salivary acid forming bacterial counts appear unsuitable.
对来自夸祖鲁农村和城市以及纳米比亚的285名5岁儿童进行了龋齿、唾液变形链球菌和唾液产酸菌检查。结果显示，在所有儿童组中，唾液变形链球菌计数与龋齿面数（ds）和龋失补牙面数（dmfs）评分之间存在统计学上的显著相关性，纳米比亚儿童的数值最高。唾液产酸菌与少数具有统计学意义的组相关性较低。虽然唾液变形链球菌计数可能是该年龄段儿童有用的龋齿筛查方法，但唾液产酸菌计数似乎不合适。
