title: [Levels of S. mutans and Lactobacilli in the dental plaque of caries-prone and caries-free persons].
abstract: The ratio of Streptococcus mutans to the total streptococci and lactobacilli to the total plaque bacteria in dental plaque (smooth-pits and fissures) of 10 caries-prone, mean, number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) 13, and 10 caries-free mean DMFT 1.7, Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry students ages 19-22 is investigated. The ratio of S. mutans to the total streptococci in the smooth-surface plaque was found lower than pits and fissures in the caries-prone and caries-free groups. The ratio of S. mutans to the total streptococci in the smooth surface and pit and fissures plaques in the caries-prone group was found higher than caries-free group.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe U. Dişhekimliği Fak. Tedavi Anabilim Dali Araştirma Görevlisi.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alaçam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Cürüğe eğilimli ve cürüksüz bireylerdeki diş plağinda S. mutans ve laktobasil düzeyleri.