Probiotics for future caries control: A short-term clinical study

Chinnappa, Anitha; Konde, Harish; Konde, Sapna; Raj, Sunil; Jp, Beena

doi:10.4103/0970-9290.123363

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“…Significant reduction in salivary mutans streptococci ( P ≤ 0.05) was found in our study after consumption of probiotic curd, which was in accordance to the previous studies done by Chinnappa et al .,[2] Caglar et al .,[6] Caglar E, et al .,[8] and Zhu et al . [9] in which a statistically significant reduction of salivary mutans streptococci was recorded after probiotic yogurt consumption ( P ≤ 0.05).…”

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Mutans streptococci estimation in saliva before and after consumption of probiotic curd among school children

Bhalla¹,

Ingle²,

Kaur³

et al. 2015

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Background:According to the World Health Organization, probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts and confer a health benefit to the host. Use of probiotics in children to improve oral health may lead to non-pathogenic bacteria replacing cariogenic bacteria. Dairy foods like cheese, curd, and milk are considered useful vehicles for probiotic bacteria.Aim:To compare the levels of salivary mutans streptococci before and after consumption of probiotic curd.Materials and Methods:Thirty school children of Mathura city who were caries free, in the age group of 12–14 years, were selected and divided equally into group I and II which were given 200 ml probiotic curd and normal curd for 7 days, respectively. Assessment of saliva samples was done at baseline, 1 h after consumption, and on the 7th day. Mitis Salivarius Bacitracin Agar was used for analysis. The number of colonies was counted and subjected to statistical analysis using unpaired Student's t-test.Results:The study showed mark reduction in salivary mutans streptococci counts in saliva after 1 h and on the 7th day in the probiotic group. Results were found to be statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05) when the differences in the reduction of mutans streptococci counts with probiotic curd and normal curd at 1 h and on the 7th day were compared.Conclusion:Pathogenic microorganisms could be displaced by probiotic bacteria. Thus, use of probiotic products could be exploited for the prevention of enamel demineralization.

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“…This was in accordance with the study done by Chinnappa et al . [2] in which after 1 h and 7 days, statistically significant ( P ≤ 0.05) results were obtained.…”

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Mutans streptococci estimation in saliva before and after consumption of probiotic curd among school children

Bhalla¹,

Ingle²,

Kaur³

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J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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“…In the majority of studies examining the effect of probiotics on the oral microflora, probiotics were consumed for up to 15 days, which is in line with the methodology adopted in the present investigation [6,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. The most commonly studied probiotics are those contained in fortified milk, ice cream, yogurt, and other dairy products.…”

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“…The most commonly studied probiotics are those contained in fortified milk, ice cream, yogurt, and other dairy products. For example, Chinnappa et al [24] observed a decrease in S. mutans count after a week-long daily consumption of ice cream and whey containing a probiotic. Similar results were obtained by Caglar et al [6] with Bifidobacterium lactis, Jiang et al [17] with the probiotic L. rhamnosus, Hedayati-Hajikand [11] with ProBiora3® blend of three strains of probiotic bacteria (S. uberis KJ2™, S. oralis KJ3™, S. rattus JH145™), and Burton et al [26] using S. salivarius M18.…”

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The role of yogurt enriched with LGG culture (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) in dental caries prevention

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Introduction/Objective. Contemporary tendencies suggest that probiotics can significantly reduce the prevalence of caries in children, so it can be considered that they have a positive effect on general and oral health. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) is a probiotic culture of particular importance in preventive dentistry. The aim was to assess the effects of consumption of probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on the dental plaque accumulation in children with mixed dentition. Methods. Research included 90 children with mixed dentition (5-12 years old). First study group consumed 200 ml of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-enriched yogurt (B-Activ LGG, Dukat) daily for a period of 14 days, while the remaining 30 formed the second study group who consumed 200 ml of yogurt (Jogurt 1,5% milk fat, Imlek) with manually added powder from probiotic capsule (Wayaforte LGG capsule, Medis) daily for14 days. The control group consisted of 30 children who had regular diet during examination period. Silness-L?e plaque index and saliva pH (pH-Fix-0-14, Macherey-Nagel) were determined at baseline and also upon intervention completion. Results. An increase in pH values was observed in both study groups. In general sample, there is a significant decrease of mean plaque index values (p ? 0.001). Both study groups had significant decrease of mean plaque index values on the baseline and after 14 days consumption of yogurt. In the control group the number of subjects with decrease plaque index values did not correlate and no association was found. Conclusion. Consistent consumption of LGG culture-enriched yogurt inhibits dental film accumulation and promotes saliva pH increase in children with mixed dentition.

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The Effect of Probiotics on Oral Health

Nadelman

Magno

Cruz

et al. 2020

Natural Oral Care in Dental Therapy

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Probiotics for future caries control: A short-term clinical study

Abstract: The use of probiotic products could be an alternative strategy of displacing pathogenic microorganisms by probiotic bacteria and can thus be exploited for the prevention of enamel demineralization.

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Mutans streptococci estimation in saliva before and after consumption of probiotic curd among school children

Mutans streptococci estimation in saliva before and after consumption of probiotic curd among school children

The role of yogurt enriched with LGG culture (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG) in dental caries prevention

The Effect of Probiotics on Oral Health

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