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Influence of dental restorative materials on salivary Streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli in the primary dentition.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15645937     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: When restoring deciduous teeth with extensive lesions, preformed stainless steel crowns are increasingly used in addition to resin-based materials. The aim of the present clinical study was to examine the influence of composites and stainless steel crowns on the cariogenic bacteria S. mutans and Lactobacilli by means of a commercially available salivary test (CRT bacteria) in 100 children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: For 50 children (30 boys, 20 girls, mean age 5.7 +/- 2.4 years) only composites have been used as a restorative material (an average of 9 fillings per child, total number: n=450), which had been in situ for an average of 15.9 months at the time of the examination. In another group of 50 children (33 boys, 17 girls, mean age 5.9 +/- 2.5 years), stainless steel crowns and composites have been used for restorations (an average of 3.5 stainless steel crowns per child, total number: n=174, an average of 7 composite fillings per child, total number n=348), which had been in place for a mean period of 17.2 months. RESULTS: The salivary examination of the children with composite restorations showed a high proportion of patients (64%, n=32) with high numbers (> or = 10(5)) of S. mutans and Lactobacilli (54%, n=27). Only 22% (n=11) of the children with additional stainless steel crown restorations were found to have high numbers (> or = 10(5)) of S. mutans and Lactobacilli (34%, n=17). CONCLUSION: This study shows a potential positive inhibitory effect of stainless steel crown restorations as compared to composite fillings with respect to the oral bacterial colonization.
Authors:
Brita Willershausen; Claus-Peter Ernst; Adrian Kasaj; Janna Topf; Alexander Pistorius
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Oral health & preventive dentistry     Volume:  1     ISSN:  1602-1622     ISO Abbreviation:  Oral Health Prev Dent     Publication Date:  2003  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-13     Completed Date:  2005-02-03     Revised Date:  2009-08-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101167768     Medline TA:  Oral Health Prev Dent     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  157-62     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Operative Dentistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. willersh@mail.uni-mainz.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child, Preschool
Colony Count, Microbial
Composite Resins / chemistry
Crowns
DMF Index
Dental Materials / chemistry*
Dental Restoration, Permanent*
Female
Humans
Lactobacillus / growth & development*
Male
Saliva / microbiology*
Stainless Steel / chemistry
Streptococcus mutans / growth & development*
Surface Properties
Time Factors
Tooth, Deciduous / microbiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Charisma composite resin; 0/Composite Resins; 0/Dental Materials; 0/Tetric ceram; 12597-68-1/Stainless Steel

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