PMID: 9181292Apr 1, 1997Paper

On the pH-lowering potential of lactobacilli and mutans streptococci from dental plaque related to the prevalence of caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
M K BorgströmG Nilsson

Abstract

The common method used today to identify persons at risk of dental caries is to estimate the numbers of cariogenic bacteria such as lactobacilli and mutans streptococci in saliva or plaque samples taken from the patient. However, the value of these bacterial counts for explaining and predicting individuals at risk of caries has not been powerful enough. Evaluating one virulence factor such as the acidogenicity of these bacteria might increase their explanatory values for caries. Sixty children aged 14-15 yrs participated in this study. Smooth surface caries and restorations were registered and total plaque samples collected. Counts of lactobacilli and mutans streptococci were estimated, and the pH-lowering potential of both bacteria was measured in an adapted glucose broth. The results showed a weak association between dental caries and lactobacilli, but in the subgroup with this bacterium the explanatory value increased to 14% and in the subgroup with a strong pH-lowering potential it was as high as 27%. For mutans streptococci the associations were weak in all groups.

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