TY - JOUR AU - Ravikumar, Dhanalakshmi AU - Ramakrishna, Mahesh AU - Emg, Subramanian AU - Priya V, Vishnu AU - R, Gayathri AU - Rv, Geetha PY - 2016/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ORAL MICROBIOTA OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES BORN TO CARIES FREE MOTHERS JF - Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research JA - Asian J Pharm Clin Res VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Original Article(s) DO - UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/11111 SP - 212-214 AB - <p>Objectives: To compare the level of mutans streptococci in children with and without Early childhood caries (ECC) born to caries free mothers.<br />Methods: Twenty children aged between 3 and 6 years were selected depending on their caries experience, and the mother should be caries free in<br />both the groups. The children were divided into two groups. Group I had an active carious lesion and Group II were caries free. Saliva samples were<br />collected from the child and the mother in a sterile tube and bacterial culture was carried out to estimate the colony count.<br />Results: There was a highly significant difference in the colony forming unit (CFU) between the 2 groups, indicating higher CFU in children with ECC.<br />Conclusions: Even though there are higher chances of vertical transmission of MS from mother to their child, this study provides a new view that<br />mother alone is not a potential factor for mutans streptococci transmission to their child.<br />Keywords: Mutans streptocci, Early childhood caries, Colony forming unit.</p> ER -