Salivary levels of mutans streptococci, Lactobacillus, Candida, and Veillonella species in a group of Scottish adolescents
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 18 (1) , 17-21
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1990.tb00655.x
Abstract
Salivary levels of mutans streptococci, Lactobacillus, Candida, and Veillonella species were investigated on three occasions at annual intervals in a group of 372 Scottish adolescents. Counts of the micro-organisms studied were logarithmically distributed, with Candida spp. being isolated from approximately half the subjects. Counts of lactobacilli, mutans streptococci, and candida were significantly intercorrelated, while veillonella were associated consistently with mutans streptococci alone. Levels of each of the four micro-organisms were significantly correlated over the three examinations, with level of the Candida spp. being the most stable over the period studied.Keywords
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