A simple method for monitoring mutans streptococci in margins of restorations.
Plaque material collected from margins of restorations using a sharp toothpick was streaked across one and the same plastic strip from a commercially available test kit and inoculated in a liquid medium containing bacitracin. The reproducibility of the method was good. The method is simple, inexpensive and suitable for the chairside demonstration of the colonization of mutans streptococci in localized areas of the mouth, such as margins of restorations.
Wallman
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Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Krasse
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D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011934:Reagent Strips; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016986:Streptococcus sobrinus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014070:Tooth / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media; D011934:Reagent Strips