title: The activity of dental caries in students of the Faculty of Stomatology examined by using microbiological and biochemical tests--Dentocult LB.
abstract: The aim of the study was to examine the relation between the value of Dentocult LB and numbers of DMF, DMFs and Ds in the 20-25 age group. Sixty-six randomly chosen students of the Faculty of Stomatology, Medical University of Lublin were included in the study. In all of them, their dental state was assessed by using average numbers of DMF, DMFs and Ds. In the microbiological examinations, a ready-made medium from the Dentocult LB set was used. Statistically significant, directly proportional dependence of the number of surfaces with Ds active caries and the LB number was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klichowska-Palonka
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiernicka
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bachanek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003732:Dental Caries Activity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013335:Students, Dental