Cleft Lip and Palate and their Genetic Relationship Volume 8 - Issue 3

L Mariano Maita Castañeda¹*, Luis V Maita Véliz², M Castañeda Mosto³, Donald Ramos Perfecto⁴ and Úrsula O Rivas⁵

• ¹Faculty of Dentistry, Master in Stomatology, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
• ²School of Dentistry, Doctor of Dentistry, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
• ³Faculty of Dentistry, Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
• ⁴Faculty of Dentistry, Doctor in Stomatology, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
• ⁵Faculty of Dentistry, Special Children Specialist, Master in Stomatology, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Received: March 29, 2023;   Published: April 14, 2023

*Corresponding author: L Mariano Maita Castañeda, Faculty of Dentistry, Master in Stomatology, National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru

DOI: 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2023.08.000290

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Abstract

Dental caries is the result of bacterial metabolic activity in dental biofilm with the bacterium Streptococcus mutans, identified as the primary etiological factor for dental caries and Lactobacillus plays an important role in the progression of the disease. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the level of cariogenic bacteria, S. mutans and Lactobacillus in 30 children and their respective mothers. Children affected with dental caries had high levels of Streptococcus mutans in relation to children free of dental caries (60% and 20% respectively), however, the difference was not significant for Lactobacillus. Both children with dental caries and without dental caries had mothers with high levels of Streptococcus mutans.

Keywords: Streptococcus mutans; Lactobacillus; Dental caries; Saliva; Cariogenic bacterium; Transmissible

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