The Oral Bacterial Microbiome of Interdental Surfaces in Adolescents According to Carious Risk
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Oral microbiome Adolescents Carious risk Interdental microbiota
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2019-09-05Referencia bibliográfica
Inquimbert, C., Bourgeois, D., Bravo, M., Viennot, S., Tramini, P., Llodra, J. C., ... & Carrouel, F. (2019). The Oral Bacterial Microbiome of Interdental Surfaces in Adolescents According to Carious Risk. Microorganisms, 7(9), 319.
Resumen
Adolescence is closely associated with a high risk of caries. The identification of specific
bacteria in an oral microniche, the interdental space of the molars, according to carious risk can
facilitate the prediction of future caries and the anticipation of the progression or stabilization of caries
in adolescents. A cross-sectional clinical study according to the bacteriological criteria of interdental
healthy adolescents and carious risk factors—low and high—using a real-time polymerase chain
reaction technique was conducted. The presence of 26 oral pathogens from the interdental microbiota
of 50 adolescents aged 15 to 17 years were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. Bacteria
known to be cariogenic (Bifidobacterium dentium, Lactobacillus spp., Rothia dentocariosa, Streptococcus
cristatus, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus sobrinus, and Streptococcus wiggsiae)
did not present differences in abundance according to carious risk. Periodontal bacteria from the
red complex are positively correlated with carious risk. However, only 3 bacteria—S. sobrinus,
E corrodens and T. forsythia—presented a significant increase in the highest group. Estimating the risk
of caries associated with bacterial factors in interdental sites of molars in adolescents contributes to
the better definition of carious risk status, periodicity and intensity of diagnostic, prevention and
restorative services