Prevention of dental caries by acupuncture.
By acupuncture stimulation (at the Chinese meridian point), the total number of oral Streptococci and the caries-pathogenic bacteria, Streptococcus mutans, in the rats were decreased. The anti-RC-20 (Streptococcus mutans) titer of the rat serum increased as the result of acupuncture stimulation. Rat caries induced by a caries induced by a caries-inducing diet (6-PWV) was reduced by acupuncture stimulation.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial