Essays about: "S mutans"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words S mutans.

  1. 1. ADHESION OF AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS AND STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS ANALYZED WITH DNA-BASED METHODS

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för odontologi

    Author : Jud Tirawiyeh; Fartun Ali; [2023]
    Keywords : A. actinomycetemcomitans; S. mutans; DNA-based qPCR; adhesion; epithelial cells; plant extracts;

    Abstract : Oral health is a part of general health and the two are connected in many ways as well as impact each other. Oral diseases are some of the most common chronic diseases of mankind. Diseases such as caries and periodontitis are two of the most common ones affecting the oral cavity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Presence of Streptococcus Mutans in Mother and Child and Occurrence of Dental Caries: A Clinical Study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för odontologi

    Author : Anna Niskanen; Gabriela Maria Peña; [2022]
    Keywords : Streptococcus mutans. Saliva samples. Transmission.;

    Abstract : Background: Caries continue to be a risk to children’s health and a stagnation of improvement has been seen the last years with 5% of Swedish three year olds being caries active. Earlier studies show a connection between presence of Streptococcus mutans  in saliva and caries prevalence, and that Streptococcus mutans can be transmitted from mother to child. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessing cutoff values of saliva parameters and oral microbes in dental students

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för odontologi

    Author : Peter Germann; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Background: The ability to identify individual risk factors for development of caries areimportant parts in the perspective of being able to control and limit caries disease. One suchcomponent is to establish, cut-off values for normal versus not normal values of known andputative risk factors. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cost analysis of dental caries prevention in Västerbotten county, Sweden : An investigation of preventive expenditure in a 5-year prospective cohort study in adolescents

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Talia Salzmann; [2018]
    Keywords : dental caries; prevention; cost analysis; health economics; dentistry;

    Abstract : Introduction: Treatment of dental diseases makes up 4.6% of global health expenditure and dental caries is the most prevalent condition worldwide. In higher-income countries, population-wide prevention has brought prevalence down and it is now concentrated in 20% of the population. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cariogenic potential of dental biofilm bacteria -support for caries as a polymicrobial disease

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Odontologiska fakulteten (OD)

    Author : Soha Abdul Rahim; Carolina Robertsson; [2017]
    Keywords : bacteria; microbiology; caries; biofilm; ecological plaque hypothesis; ekologiska plackhypotesen; karies; bakterier;

    Abstract : Syfte: Tillväxt och syraproduktion undersöktes i olika suspensioner hos bakterier som är vanligt förekommande i den dentala biofilmen. Förekomst av buffringskapacitet till följd av proteolytisk aktivitet i artificiellt konsortium och oralt konsortium undersöktes också. READ MORE