title: A comparative study of plaque mutans streptococci levels in children receiving glass ionomer cement and amalgam restorations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The restorative materials amalgam (Standalloy F) and glass ionomer cements (Chelon Silver) were comparatively investigated to determine the number of mutans streptococci
  
  
  METHODS
  Saliva and plaque were collected from patients before and 40 days after the insertion of their restorations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total bateria and mutans streptococci counts were found to be statistically significantly reduced when compared with the prerestoration counts in the saliva samples (P<0.001). Microbiological analysis of the dental plaque showed that the number of mutans streptococci in the glass ionomer cements was significantly lower than in the amalgam restorations (P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that silver glass ionomer cements inhibited the growth of mutans streptococci.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. fahinur@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fahinur
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ertuğrul
authors.forename: Rengin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eltem
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eronat
mesh_terms: D016722:Cermet Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D002648:Child; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000737:chemistry; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D016722:Cermet Cements; D003722:Dental Alloys; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; D018030:Silver Compounds; C074813:Standalloy 68; C067445:Chelon Silver; D003723:Dental Amalgam