DMFT index assessment and microbiological analysis of Streptococcus mutans in institutionalized patients with special needs

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorTanaka, Marcia H.
dc.creatorBocardi, Karina
dc.creatorKishimoto, Kátia Yukari
dc.creatorJacques, Paula
dc.creatorSpolidório, Denise Madalena Palomari
dc.creatorGiro, Elisa Maria Aparecida
dc.date2014-05-27T11:24:33Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:28:02Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:24:33Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:28:02Z
dc.date2009-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:39:26Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:39:26Z
dc.identifierBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, v. 8, n. 1, p. 9-13, 2009.
dc.identifier1677-3217
dc.identifier1677-3225
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/71425
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/71425
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dc.identifier2-s2.0-75949085655
dc.identifierhttp://www.bibliotecadigital.unicamp.br/document/?code=43807&opt=4
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/892418
dc.descriptionAim: To assess the DMFT (D = decayed; M = missing; F = filled) index of institutionalized patients with mild and moderate physical and mental disabilities and to correlate it with the Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) counts in the supragingival bacterial biofilm. Methods: Dental examination of 28 patients aged 15 to 25 years was conducted to determine the DMFT index (number of decayed, missing and filled teeth). Supragingival plaque samples were collected from the buccal surfaces of all teeth. The samples were inoculated in SB20 medium and incubated at 37 °C for 48 hours. Spearman's correlation test was applied (p = 0.05) to evaluate the correlation between the DMFT index and the amount of S. mutans. Results: The mean DMFT recorded was 7.68 and a large mean number of S. mutans colony-forming units (cfu > 10 6) was found. No statistically significant correlation was found between the DMFT index and the number of S. mutans. Conclusions: Under the conditions of this study, no correlation was found between the DMFT index and the number of S. mutans cfu in institutionalized patients with mental retardation and physical disabilities.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectDental caries
dc.subjectDisabled persons
dc.subjectStreptococcus mutans
dc.titleDMFT index assessment and microbiological analysis of Streptococcus mutans in institutionalized patients with special needs
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