These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: A comparative study of plaque mutans streptococci levels in children receiving glass ionomer cement and amalgam restorations.
    Author: Ertuğrul F, Eltem R, Eronat C.
    Journal: J Dent Child (Chic); 2003; 70(1):10-4. PubMed ID: 12762601.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The restorative materials amalgam (Standalloy F) and glass ionomer cements (Chelon Silver) were comparatively investigated to determine the number of mutans streptococci METHODS: Saliva and plaque were collected from patients before and 40 days after the insertion of their restorations. RESULTS: Total bateria and mutans streptococci counts were found to be statistically significantly reduced when compared with the prerestoration counts in the saliva samples (P<0.001). Microbiological analysis of the dental plaque showed that the number of mutans streptococci in the glass ionomer cements was significantly lower than in the amalgam restorations (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that silver glass ionomer cements inhibited the growth of mutans streptococci.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]