Relationships between yeasts and primary root‐caries lesions.
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Gerodontology
- Vol. 10 (2) , 105-108
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2358.1993.tb00090.x
Abstract
A total of 447 primary root‐caries lesions from 169 dental patients was studied to determine the relationships between their clinical severity and the number and frequency of isolation of yeasts. Yeasts were isolated more frequently from soft lesions, from lesions at the gingival margin and from lesions deemed to require restoration. These associations may be due to the aciduricity and acido‐ genicity of yeasts but the relatively low numbers found do not support a pathogenic role for yeasts in the aetiology of root caries: at best they may be marker organisms of the most severe disease.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Microbiological Study of Primary Root-caries Lesions with Different Treatment NeedsJournal of Dental Research, 1993
- Assessment of the Clinical Status of Primary Root Carious Lesions Using an Enzymic AssayCaries Research, 1993
- Salivary levels of mutans streptococci, lactobacilli, yeasts, and root caries prevalence in non‐institutionalized elderly dental patientsCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1991
- Active and Inactive Root Surface Caries Lesions in a Selected Group of 60- to 80-Year-Old DanesCaries Research, 1991
- Root caries in older people attending a general dental practice in East SussexBritish Dental Journal, 1990
- Human Root Caries: Histopathology of Advanced LesionsCaries Research, 1990