Year: 2023 | Month: November | Volume: 10 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 200-203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20231122
Probiotics - A New Era in Eradication of Dental Caries
Punamalli Symon Prasanth1, RVS Krishna Kumar2, Gomasani Srinivasulu3, Kamineni Mounika4
1Department of Public Health Dentistry, 2Department of Public Health Dentistry, 3Department of Public Health Dentistry, 4Department of Public Health Dentistry,
1,2,3Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, India.
4Sree Balaji Dental College, Chennai, India
Corresponding Author: Punamalli Symon Prasanth
ABSTRACT
Dental caries is a microbial disease caused by oral biofilm containing Streptococcus mutans, leading to destruction of tooth structure. Despite the use of age old conventional physical and chemotherapeutic methods for caries management, dental caries still continues to be the most prevalent form of oral infectious disease. With better understanding of the Ecology and microbiology of the oral cavity and with the advent of Minimal Invasive Dentistry, there has been a shift in the treatment modalities of caries. Probiotics have been recently introduced in dentistry and is one of the newer approaches in caries management. They have been used successfully for several years mainly for gastrointestinal disorders. Most probiotic strains belong to Lactobacilli or bifidobacteria group. The aim of this comprehensive review is to present an update about the recent advances in probiotic use for the prevention of dental caries.
Keywords: Dental caries, probiotics, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus mutans
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