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  • Title: Dental caries and caries-associated microorganisms in Uruguayan preschool children.
    Author: Angulo M, Cabanas B, Camporeale N, Emilson CG.
    Journal: Acta Odontol Scand; 1999 Dec; 57(6):301-5. PubMed ID: 10777131.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of dental caries was studied in 3-5-year-old Uruguayan children (n = 76) living in 2 areas with different socioeconomic and cultural conditions. More children from the low socioeconomic area of Las Acacias had caries (68%) than children from the middle- to high-class neighborhood of Pocitos (19%). They also had poorer oral hygiene and a significantly higher caries prevalence (P < 0.05) than those from Pocitos. The occurrence of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli was determined in whole unstimulated saliva and compared with that in debris collected with a loop from the dorsum of the tongue. Mutans streptococci were detected in 42% of the children with significant correlations between the salivary levels of the microorganism and caries experience. Lactobacilli were recovered less frequently (18%). The detection of mutans streptococci in the tongue-loop samples was significantly correlated with that in whole saliva.
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