Establishment of potentially cariogenic streptococci in an experimental human plaque. I: Streptococcus mutans.
Streptococcus mutans (Streptomycin resistant) was seeded to enamel slabs in the Intraoral Cariogenicity Test (ICT). After seven days in vivo, S. mutans comprised 58% of the total streptococci in the seeded plaque, compared to approximately 1% for the non-seeded control plaque. Seeding S. mutans to the ICT resulted in a change in the proportion of total streptococci in plaques, but no difference in ICT caries compared to control slabs was recorded.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology*; D003732:Dental Caries Activity Tests; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000502:physiology; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000502:physiology*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000502:physiology; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
D013307:Streptomycin