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Home Evaluation of oral streptococci in saliva of children with severe Early Childhood...

Evaluation of oral streptococci in saliva of children with severe Early Childhood Caries and caries-free

Authors:

  • E. Meriç
    Division of Pedodontics, Malatya Oral and Dental Heath Hospital, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, Malatya, Turkey
  • B. Bolgül
    Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
  • N. Duran
    Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
  • E. Ay
    Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2020.21.01.03

ABSTRACT


Aim

Oral streptococci were found to be associated with Early Childhood Caries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 6 different bacteria in the streptococcus group in the saliva of children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Methods

A total of 60 children between 3 and 6 years of age were divided into two groups: children with S-ECC (Group S-ECC; n=30) and children who were caries-free (Group CF; n=30), according to the dmft and dmfs indices. Unstimulated saliva was collected from all participants for the detection of streptococcal group bacteria, including: Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus
oralis, Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus gordonii, Streptococcus salivarius, and Streptococcus sobrinus, using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of amplified 16S rRNA gene. The data were analysed using SPSS software.

Results

The prevalence of S. oralis was significantly higher in the S-ECC group compared to the CF group (p<0.05). However, the frequencies of S. mutans, S. sanguinis, S. gordonii, S. salivarius, and S. sobrinus were similar between the two groups (p>0.05). The amount of streptococci colonies was higher in the S-ECC group compared to the CF group (p<0.05).

Conclusion

S. mutans or S. sobrinus alone may not be the only indicators for high risk of caries, but the prevalence of S. oralis in saliva may be a risk factor for increased caries activity in S-ECC.

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Publication date:

March /2020

Keywords:

early childhood caries, microbiology, polymerase chain reaction, saliva, streptococci

Issue:

Vol.21 – n.1/2020

Page:

13 – 17

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: E. Meriç, B. Bolgül, N. Duran, E. Ay (2020) "Evaluation of oral streptococci in saliva of children with severe Early Childhood Caries and caries-free", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 21(1), pp13-17. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2020.21.01.03
Vancouver: E. Meriç, B. Bolgül, N. Duran, E. Ay. Evaluation of oral streptococci in saliva of children with severe Early Childhood Caries and caries-free. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2020Mar.1 [cited 2025May.17];21(1):13-17. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/evaluation-of-oral-streptococci-in-saliva-of-children-with-severe-early-childhood-caries-and-caries-free/
MLA: E. Meriç, B. Bolgül, N. Duran, E. Ay Evaluation of oral streptococci in saliva of children with severe Early Childhood Caries and caries-free. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2020;21(1):13-17

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