Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology · 1993 · 53 citations · 37 references
DentistryOral BiologyOral Health SciencesMaternal Oral HealthOral MicrobiologyPediatric Dental CariesMicrobiology Of Dental CariesOral Microbial PathogenesisPreventive Dental Care For InfantsSalivary FactorsCaries Experience MeasurementDental Caries ExperienceMaternal Caries TransmissionMaternal Oral Bacterial TransmissionMaternal-to-child Microbial TransmissionMother-to-infant Microbial TransferRandomized Clinical TrialsStreptococcus Mutans Colonization
In a randomized clinical trial, six applications of an I2-NaF or a placebo solution were administered to the mothers' dentition at the time of tooth emergence of her infant, to evaluate its effect on transmission of mutans streptococci (MS) to the infant. MS and other bacterial levels were periodically monitored in 48 mother-infant pairs until the child's third birthday. There were significant reductions in maternal salivary MS (P = 0.04), lactobacilli (P = 0.04), total streptococci (P = 0.002), and total cultivable organisms (P = 0.004) immediately following treatment. In children, 3-yr incidence of MS colonization and the time of acquisition of MS or the caries experience did not differ significantly between the two groups. We conclude that short-term application of I2-NaF to the maternal dentition of predentate infants significantly lowers MS, lactobacilli, total streptococci, and total cultivable bacteria in mothers' saliva, but does not influence the incidence and the time of acquisition of MS or the caries experience in children.
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A selective medium for Streptococcus mutans
Olga Gold, H.V. Jordan, J. van Houte · Archives of Oral Biology · 1973 · 799 citations