Prevalence of<i>Streptococcus mutans</i>and Lactobacilli in 18-Month-Old Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate

Bokhout, B.A.; Loveren, C. van; Hofman, F.X.W.M; Buijs, J.F.; Limbeek, Jacques van; Prahl-Andersen, Birte

doi:10.1597/1545-1569(1996)033<0424:posmal>2.3.co;2

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“…The average DMFT of 2.8 for the cleft control group was higher than the average DMFT for age matched Queensland children and the non-cleft control group. This was in agreement with Bokhout et al, 21,22 Dahllof et al 1 and Johnsen and Dixon, 3 who reported that patients with an oral cleft had poorer dental health than patients with no oral cleft. However, this trend was not evident between the cleft and non-cleft treatment groups.…”

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Bacteria and salivary profile of adolescents with and without cleft lip and/or palate undergoing orthodontic treatment

Cheng

Moor

Kravchuk

et al. 2007

Australian Dental Journal

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Background: Patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL&/P) experience a higher caries prevalence. This study aimed to determine if patients with CL&/P, undergoing and not undergoing orthodontic treatment, have a different salivary biochemical profile and different salivary levels of Mutans Streptococci (MS) and Lactobacilli (LB) compared to patients undergoing and not undergoing orthodontic treatment without CL&/P. Methods: One hundred and ten subjects aged between 12 and 17 years were recruited into one of four different groups comprising two control groups and two treatment groups. The control groups comprised of subjects with and without CL&/P who were not undergoing orthodontic treatment. The treatment groups comprised of subjects with and without CL&/P undergoing orthodontic treatment. Regular reinforcement of oral hygiene instructions, dietary counselling and debridement, when necessary, were offered to subjects in the treatment groups following their orthodontic adjustment appointments. The salivary secretion time, pH of resting and stimulated saliva, salivary flow rate, buffering capacity, quantity of salivary MS and LB were measured. Results: Subjects with CL&/P undergoing orthodontic treatment at the Children's Oral Health Service tended to present with microbiological and salivary profiles that were less favourable for caries development. There was a significant difference in the percentage of subjects with Ն10 5 colony forming units (CFU)/mL of MS between the cleft treatment and non-cleft treatment groups. Subjects in the noncleft treatment group had the highest percentage of subjects (86.7 per cent) with Ն10 5 CFU/mL of MS whereas subjects in the cleft treatment group had the lowest percentage of subjects (60 per cent) with ≥10 S C I E N T I F I C A RT I C L Ehigher percentages of subjects with Ն10 5 CFU/mL of LB in the non-cleft treatment (76.7 per cent) and cleft treatment (73.3 per cent) groups compared to the non-cleft control (46.7 per cent) and cleft control (40.0 per cent) groups. Conclusions: Regular oral hygiene reinforcement and dental health education appears to have a positive effect in reducing the percentage of subjects with Ն105 CFU/mL of MS.Key words: Bacteria, saliva, cleft lip and palate, orthodontic treatment.Abbreviations and acronyms: ANOVA = analysis of variance; CFUs = colony forming units; CL&/P = cleft lip and/or palate; COHS = Children's Oral Health Service; DMFT = decayed, missing and filled permanent teeth; LB = Lactobacilli; MS = Mutans streptococci.

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Bacteria and salivary profile of adolescents with and without cleft lip and/or palate undergoing orthodontic treatment

Cheng

Moor

Kravchuk

et al. 2007

Australian Dental Journal

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“…24 Bokhout et al 25 reported a case of S. mutans colonization in an 18-month-old child. In the present study, a 16-month-old child show- ing early S. mutans colonization had three decayed teeth.…”

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“…25,27 Therefore, it has been suggested that prevention programs should include the education of family members, focusing especially on the habits of the mother. 28 The analysis of the results for caries development showed that the prevalence of caries increased with age.…”

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Prevalence of caries in Brazilian children with cleft lip andor palate, aged 6 to 36 months

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The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of caries in children with cleft lip and/or palate aged 6-36 months of life. This study was conducted at the University of São Paulo School of Dentistry, Brazil. A total of 143 children were selected (73 male, 70 female), all of whom had at least two erupted teeth. The children were distributed as follows: 88 had cleft lip and palate, 35 had cleft palate, 20 had cleft lip. Dental caries disease was diagnosed according to criteria set by the World Health Organization. It was observed that 18.9% of the study children had caries. No correlation between prevalence of caries and gender or type of cleft was observed. Mean dmf-t was 0.47. The prevalence of caries was higher in the upper arch, and the most affected tooth was the central incisor (p = 0.001). Children with cleft lip and/or palate did not have high caries indices.

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“…Among the cariogenic microbes, the roles of Streptococci and Lactobacilli have been investigated in CL/P subjects as well [18,19]. In addition to a sugar rich diet, poor oral hygiene maintenance, lack of motivation to perform regular preventive dental home care, low �uoride exposure, and malaligned teeth have been put forward as possible explanations [20].…”

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Enumeration of Salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli in Children with Differing Caries Experiences in a Rural Indian Population

Ravindran

Chaudhary²,

Gawande³

2013

ISRN Plastic Surgery

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Objectives. Compare the total salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli counts in cle and noncle children with differing caries experiences, correlate the bacterial counts with dm/DMFT status and identify the different biotypes of Mutans Streptococci (MS). Patients. Group I included thirty subjects with dental caries (DC) and cle lip and palate (CL/P); Group II had thirty subjects with DC but without CL/P. Group III comprised a control of thirty subjects with neither DC nor CL/P. Methodology. Enumeration of total salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli was done by the plate count method and correlation of counts with dm/ DMFT status examined. Differences in biochemical reactions were used to identify the biotypes. Results. Streptococci colonies in CL/P children with caries (64.30 ± 24.52) was signi�cantly higher than in children with no CL/P or caries (45.57 ± 16.73). No signi�cant differences in the Lactobacilli count were observed. dm/DMFT status and Streptococci counts showed a strong positive correlation whereas Lactobacilli counts showed a moderate correlation. S. mutans was the predominant biotype. Conclusions. Higher total salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli counts exist in cle subjects with caries than in the non-cle subjects. Positive correlation between dm/DMFT scores and salivary Streptococci reinforces its role in DC. S. mutans and S. sobrinus are the biotypes more frequently associated with dental caries in children.

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Prevalence ofStreptococcus mutansand Lactobacilli in 18-Month-Old Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate

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Bacteria and salivary profile of adolescents with and without cleft lip and/or palate undergoing orthodontic treatment

Bacteria and salivary profile of adolescents with and without cleft lip and/or palate undergoing orthodontic treatment

Prevalence of caries in Brazilian children with cleft lip andor palate, aged 6 to 36 months

Enumeration of Salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli in Children with Differing Caries Experiences in a Rural Indian Population

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