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Oral microbiota carriage in patients with multibracket appliance in relation to the quality of oral hygiene

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Title
Oral microbiota carriage in patients with multibracket appliance in relation to the quality of oral hygiene
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Head & Face Medicine, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13005-016-0125-x
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Katharina Klaus, Johanna Eichenauer, Rhea Sprenger, Sabine Ruf

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of oral microbiota (Candida species (spp.), Streptococcus mutans, and Lactobacilli) in patients with multibracket (MB) appliances in relation to the quality of oral hygiene. Saliva and plaque samples were collected from three groups of 25 patients each (good oral hygiene (GOH), poor oral hygiene (POH), and poor oral hygiene with white spot lesions (POH/WSL)). Counts of colony forming units (CFU) of the investigated oral microbiota were compared using Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests. Both saliva and plaque samples showed a high prevalence of Candida spp. in all patients (saliva: 73.4 %, plaque: 60.9 %). The main Candida species was C. albicans. The salivary CFU of Candida spp. in the GOH group was significantly lower than that in the POH group (p = 0.045) and POH/WSL group (p = 0.011). S. mutans was found in the saliva and plaque samples of all patients. Lactobacilli were found in the saliva samples of all patients and in 90.7 % of the plaque samples. In the saliva samples, the CFU of Lactobacilli were more numerous in the POH and POH/WSL groups than in the GOH group (p = 0.047). The investigated sample of patients showed a high carriage of oral Candida spp. Patients with WSL formation during MB appliance treatment exhibited higher counts of Candida and Lactobacilli compared with patients with good oral hygiene. Independent of oral hygiene quality, S. mutans was detected in all patients.

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Country Count As %
Spain 1 1%
Unknown 71 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 10 14%
Student > Master 8 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Researcher 5 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 6%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 28 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 42%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 1%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 1%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 29 40%
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