Streptococcus mutans Associated with Endo-Periodontal Lesions in Intact Teeth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients’ Information
2.2. Sampling Collection
2.3. Bacteriological Analysis
2.4. Biomolecular Analyses for the Detection of S. mutans DNA
2.5. Detection of S. mutans cnm and cbm Genes
3. Results
Results of S. mutans cnm and cbm Genes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Patients | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
Tooth * | 33 | 41 | 16 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 46 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 25 | 26 | 36 |
S. mutans Cultivation and Biomolecular Investigation | |||||||||||||||||
S.mutans | |||||||||||||||||
RC | − | ++ | − | + | − | ++ | ++ | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | ++ | − |
RS | − | + | − | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | − | + | ++ | + | − | + | ++ | ++ | + | − |
S. mutans CBPs Genes Investigation | |||||||||||||||||
cnm gene | |||||||||||||||||
RC | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
RS | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − |
cbm gene | |||||||||||||||||
RC | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
RS | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
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Buonavoglia, A.; Trotta, A.; Camero, M.; Cordisco, M.; Dimuccio, M.M.; Corrente, M. Streptococcus mutans Associated with Endo-Periodontal Lesions in Intact Teeth. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 11837. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211837
Buonavoglia A, Trotta A, Camero M, Cordisco M, Dimuccio MM, Corrente M. Streptococcus mutans Associated with Endo-Periodontal Lesions in Intact Teeth. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(22):11837. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211837
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuonavoglia, Alessio, Adriana Trotta, Michele Camero, Marco Cordisco, Michela Maria Dimuccio, and Marialaura Corrente. 2022. "Streptococcus mutans Associated with Endo-Periodontal Lesions in Intact Teeth" Applied Sciences 12, no. 22: 11837. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211837
APA StyleBuonavoglia, A., Trotta, A., Camero, M., Cordisco, M., Dimuccio, M. M., & Corrente, M. (2022). Streptococcus mutans Associated with Endo-Periodontal Lesions in Intact Teeth. Applied Sciences, 12(22), 11837. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211837