Dental caries is one of the most common diseases—both in adults and children—that occurs
due to the demineralization of enamel and dentine by the organic acids formed from bacteria …

The oral microbiome can alter the balance between health and disease, locally and
systemically. Within the oral cavity, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses may all be …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature on risk factors for dental caries in
deciduous teeth of children aged six years and under, to give a scientific framework for the …

A systematic literature review from 1966 to 2000 revealed 2,730 English‐language
publications on the role of bacteria in human primary dental caries in vivo. The most …

Conventional views suggest that exaggerated biological reactivity to stress is a harmful
vestige of an evolutionary past in which threats to survival were more prevalent and severe …

Traditional microbiology concepts are being renewed since the development of new
microbiological technologies, such as, sequencing and large-scale genome analysis. Since …

S. mutans plays a key role in dental caries. The extent to which perinatal events influence
the acquisition of S. mutans is unclear. We hypothesized that several maternal factors …

Early childhood caries is the most common chronic disease in young children and may
develop as soon as teeth erupt. Bacteria, predominately mutans streptococci, metabolize …

Research suggests that mutans streptococci play an important role in cariogenesis in
children but the usefulness of bacterial testing in risk assessment is unknown. Our objective …

The aim of this study was to examine the colonization of Streptococcus mutans and
Streptococcus sanguinis in the oral cavity and the association with severe early childhood …