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Chen L, Qin Y, Lin Y, Du M, Li Y, Fan M. Salivary levels of five microorganisms of root caries in nursing home elderly: a preliminary investigation. BMC Oral Health 2023; 23:355. [PMID: 37270529 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-02953-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Streptococcus, Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus and Actinomyces are acidogenic aciduria that may be associated with root caries (RC). The aim of the study was to analyze Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), Streptococcus sobrinus (S. sobrinus), Bifidobacterium spp., Lactobacillus spp. and Actinomyces naeslundii (A. naeslundii) in the saliva of nursing home elderly, to assess the correlation between bacterial composition and RC for five putative catiogenic organisms. METHODS In this study, we collected 43 saliva samples and divided into two groups: the root caries group (RCG, n = 21) and the caries-free group (CFG, n = 22). Bacterial DNA was extracted from the saliva samples. The presence and abundance of the five microorganisms were detected by Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Spearman correlation test was performed to evaluate the relationship between the numbers of root decayed filled surfaces (RDFS) and root caries index (RCI) and salivary levels of the bacteria. RESULTS The salivary levels of S. mutans, S. sobrinus, Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus spp. were significantly higher in RCG than in CFG (p < 0.05). RDFS and RCI (RDFS/RCI) were positively associated with salivary levels of S. mutans, S. sobrinus and Bifidobacterium spp. (r = 0.658/0.635, r = 0.465/0.420 and r = 0.407/0.406, respectively). No significant differences in presence and amounts of A. naeslundii was observed between the two groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION S. mutans, S. sobrinus and Bifidobacterium spp. in saliva appear to be associated with RC in the elderly. Taken together, the findings indicate that specific salivary bacteria may be involved in the progression of RC.
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- Lin Chen
- Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, No. 366, South of Jiangnan Avenue, Guangzhou, China
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Microbiology Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Stomatological Hospital, School of Stomatology, Southern Medical University, No. 366, South of Jiangnan Avenue, Guangzhou, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Microbiology Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Endodontics, Yantai Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Binzhou Medical College, Yantai, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Microbiology Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Microbiology Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei- MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Microbiology Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
- First dental hospital , Jean Han University, Wuhan, China.
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Li K, Wang J, Du N, Sun Y, Sun Q, Yin W, Li H, Meng L, Liu X. Salivary microbiome and metabolome analysis of severe early childhood caries. BMC Oral Health 2023; 23:30. [PMID: 36658579 PMCID: PMC9850820 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-02722-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe early childhood caries (SECC) is an inflammatory disease with complex pathology. Although changes in the oral microbiota and metabolic profile of patients with SECC have been identified, the salivary metabolites and the relationship between oral bacteria and biochemical metabolism remains unclear. We aimed to analyse alterations in the salivary microbiome and metabolome of children with SECC as well as their correlations. Accordingly, we aimed to explore potential salivary biomarkers in order to gain further insight into the pathophysiology of dental caries. METHODS We collected 120 saliva samples from 30 children with SECC and 30 children without caries. The microbial community was identified through 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene high-throughput sequencing. Additionally, we conducted non-targeted metabolomic analysis through ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry to determine the relative metabolite levels and their correlation with the clinical caries status. RESULTS There was a significant between-group difference in 8 phyla and 32 genera in the microbiome. Further, metabolomic and enrichment analyses revealed significantly altered 32 salivary metabolites in children with dental caries, which involved pathways such as amino acid metabolism, pyrimidine metabolism, purine metabolism, ATP-binding cassette transporters, and cyclic adenosine monophosphate signalling pathway. Moreover, four in vivo differential metabolites (2-benzylmalate, epinephrine, 2-formaminobenzoylacetate, and 3-Indoleacrylic acid) might be jointly applied as biomarkers (area under the curve = 0.734). Furthermore, the caries status was correlated with microorganisms and metabolites. Additionally, Spearman's correlation analysis of differential microorganisms and metabolites revealed that Veillonella, Staphylococcus, Neisseria, and Porphyromonas were closely associated with differential metabolites. CONCLUSION This study identified different microbial communities and metabolic profiles in saliva, which may be closely related to caries status. Our findings could inform future strategies for personalized caries prevention, detection, and treatment.
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- Kai Li
- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Prosthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology Hebei Medical University, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Prosthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology Hebei Medical University, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- grid.256883.20000 0004 1760 8442Department of Stomatology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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D’Agostino S, Ferrara E, Valentini G, Stoica SA, Dolci M. Exploring Oral Microbiome in Healthy Infants and Children: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11403. [PMID: 36141674 PMCID: PMC9517473 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Recent advances in the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, such as the 16S rRNA gene sequencing, have enabled significant progress in characterizing the architecture of the oral microbiome. Understanding the taxonomic and functional components of the oral microbiome, especially during early childhood development, is becoming critical for identifying the interactions and adaptations of bacterial communities to dynamic conditions that may lead to the dysfunction of the host environment, thereby contributing to the onset and/or progression of a wide range of pathological conditions. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent evidence from studies of the oral microbiome of infants and young children, focusing on the development of oral microbiome in the window of birth to 18 years, focusing on infants. A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, WOS, and the WHO clinical trial website for relevant articles published between 2006 to 2022 to identify studies that examined genome-wide transcriptome of the oral microbiome in birth, early childhood, and adolescence performed via 16s rRNA sequence analysis. In addition, the references of selected articles were screened for other relevant studies. This systematic review was performed in accordance PRISMA guidelines. Data extraction and quality assessment were independently conducted by two authors, and a third author resolved discrepancies. Overall, 34 studies were included in this systematic review. Due to a considerable heterogeneity in study population, design, and outcome measures, a formal meta-analysis was not carried out. The current evidence indicates that a core microbiome is present in newborns, and it is stable in species number. Disparity about delivery mode influence are found. Further investigations are needed.
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- Silvia D’Agostino
- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University A. Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Dinis M, Traynor W, Agnello M, Sim MS, He X, Shi W, Lux R, Tran NC. Tooth-Specific Streptococcus mutans Distribution and Associated Microbiome. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10061129. [PMID: 35744648 PMCID: PMC9230744 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10061129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Dental caries is multifactorial and polymicrobial in nature and remains one of the most common oral diseases. While caries research has focused on Streptococcus mutans as the main etiological pathogen, its impact at the tooth level is not fully understood. In this cross-sectional study, the levels and distribution of S. mutans in the posterior teeth at different dentition stages were investigated along with the corresponding tooth-specific microbiome. Occlusal plaque samples of 87 individual posterior teeth were collected from thirty children in three dentition stages (primary, mixed, and permanent). The S. mutans levels in the occlusal plaque of individual posterior teeth were quantified with qPCR, and those with preferential colonization were selected for tooth-specific microbiome analysis using 16S rRNA sequencing. Results: Quantification of S. mutans levels in the occlusal plaque confirmed the preferential colonization on the first primary and permanent molars. These teeth were selected for further tooth-specific microbiome sequencing, as they also displayed high caries experience. There were significant differences in the relative abundance of the four most abundant genera: Neisseria, Streptococcus, Rothia, and Veillonella. Furthermore, the tooth-level caries experience was correlated with a reduction in the microbiome diversity. Analyzing the different tooth-associated microbial communities, distinct tooth-specific core microbiomes were identified. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that caries susceptibility at the tooth level, depending on tooth type and dentition stage, is influenced by individual species as well as plaque community.
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- Márcia Dinis
- Section of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.D.); (W.T.)
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- Section of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.D.); (W.T.)
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- Section of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.A.); (X.H.); (W.S.)
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine Statistics Core, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Section of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.A.); (X.H.); (W.S.)
- The Forsyth Institute, Microbiology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Section of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.A.); (X.H.); (W.S.)
- The Forsyth Institute, Microbiology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Section of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Section of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (M.D.); (W.T.)
- Correspondence:
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Ma R, Hou R, Guo JL, Zhang XY, Cao SJ, Huang XB, Wu R, Wen YP, Zhao Q, Du SY, Lin JC, Bai Y, Yan QG, Qi DW. The Plaque Microbiota Community of Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Cubs With Dental Caries. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:866410. [PMID: 35573790 PMCID: PMC9097603 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.866410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dental caries severely hinders efficient access to adequate energy in wildlife. Different food supplies will develop characteristic plaque, and the microorganisms of these plaque are closely related to dental health. Here, plaque samples from panda cubs with caries and caries-free were collected for 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing. All sequences clustered into 337 operational taxonomic units (OTUs; 97% identity), representing 268 independent species belonging to 189 genera, 98 families, 51 orders, 24 classes, and 13 phyla. Two groups shared 218 OTUs, indicating the presence of a core plaque microbiome. α diversity analysis showed that the microbial diversity in plaques with caries exceeded that of caries-free. The dominant phyla of plaque microbiota included Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Fusobacteria, and Actinobacteria. The dominant genera included unclassified Neisseriaceae, Actinobacillus, Lautropia, Neisseria, Porhyromonas, unclassified Pasteurellaceae, Moraxella, Streptococcus, Bergeywlla and Capnocytophaga. β diversity analysis showed that the plaque microbial community structure was different between two groups. Using LEfSe analysis, 19 differentially abundant taxa were identified as potential biomarkers. Finally, function predictions analysis showed All the energy related metabolic pathways on KEGG level 2 were enriched in caries-active group. Consistent with the mainstream caries-causing narrative, our results illuminate the lack of information regarding the oral microflora composition and function within giant panda cubs.
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- Rui Ma
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, China
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- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Dun-Wu Qi, ; Qi-Gui Yan,
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- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Dun-Wu Qi, ; Qi-Gui Yan,
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A Parallel Tracking of Salivary and Gut Microbiota Profiles Can Reveal Maturation and Interplay of Early Life Microbial Communities in Healthy Infants. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10020468. [PMID: 35208921 PMCID: PMC8880349 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10020468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In this study, the onset and shaping of the salivary and gut microbiota in healthy newborns during the first period of life has been followed, evaluating the impact of salivary microbiota on the development of early fecal microbial communities. The microbiota of 80 salivary and 82 fecal samples that were collected from healthy newborns in the first six months of life, was investigated by 16S rRNA amplicon profiling. The microbial relationship within and between the saliva and gut ecosystems was determined by correlation heatmaps and co-occurrence networks. Streptococcus and Staphylococcus appeared as early commensals in the salivary microbiota, dominating this ecosystem through the time, while Fusobacterium, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Granulicatella, and Veillonella were late colonizers. Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus were gut pioneers, followed by the anaerobic Bifidobacterium, Veillonella, Eggerthella, and Bacteroides. Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Veillonella were shared by the gut and saliva ecosystems. The saliva and gut microbiota seem to evolve independently, driven by local adaptation strategies, except for the oral Streptococcus and Veillonella that are involved in gut microbiota development as seeding species. This study offers a piece of knowledge on how the oral microbiota may affect the gut microbiota in healthy newborns, shedding light onto new microbial targets for the development of therapies for early life intestinal dysbiosis.
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Bhaumik D, Manikandan D, Foxman B. Cariogenic and oral health taxa in the oral cavity among children and adults: A scoping review. Arch Oral Biol 2021; 129:105204. [PMID: 34246103 PMCID: PMC8364507 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review published oral microbiome studies and create a comprehensive list of bacterial species found in saliva and dental plaque among healthy children and adults associated with presence of carious lesions and caries-free state (oral health). DESIGN This review followed PRISMA-ScR guidelines. We searched published studies querying PUBMED and EMBASE using the following keywords: (plaque OR saliva) AND caries AND (next generation sequencing OR checkerboard OR 16s rRNA or qPCR). Studies were limited to human studies published in English between January 1, 2010 and June 24, 2020 that included > 10 caries-active and > 10 caries-free participants, and assessed the entire bacterial community. RESULTS Our search strategy identified 298 articles. After exclusion criteria, 22 articles remained; we considered 2 studies that examined saliva and plaque as separate studies, for a total of 24 studies. Species associated with caries or oral health varied widely among studies reviewed, with notable differences by age and biologic sample type. No bacterial species was associated with caries in all studies. Streptococcus mutans was found more frequently among those with caries (14/24 (58.3 %)) and Fusobacterium periodonticum was found more frequently among those that were caries-free (5/24 (20.8 %)). CONCLUSION No bacterial species was associated with caries or oral health across all studies supporting multiple pathways to cariogenesis. However, the variation may be due to sampling at different time points during caries development, varying methods of specimen sampling, storage, sequencing or analysis or differences in host factors such as age.
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- Deesha Bhaumik
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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- Center of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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Quivey RG, O'Connor TG, Gill SR, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT. Prediction of early childhood caries onset and oral microbiota. Mol Oral Microbiol 2021; 36:255-257. [PMID: 34314578 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Robert G Quivey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,Genomics Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.,Department of Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
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Lee E, Park S, Um S, Kim S, Lee J, Jang J, Jeong HO, Shin J, Kang J, Lee S, Jeong T. Microbiome of Saliva and Plaque in Children According to Age and Dental Caries Experience. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:1324. [PMID: 34441259 PMCID: PMC8393408 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11081324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Dental caries are one of the chronic diseases caused by organic acids made from oral microbes. However, there was a lack of knowledge about the oral microbiome of Korean children. The aim of this study was to analyze the metagenome data of the oral microbiome obtained from Korean children and to discover bacteria highly related to dental caries with machine learning models. Saliva and plaque samples from 120 Korean children aged below 12 years were collected. Bacterial composition was identified using Illumina HiSeq sequencing based on the V3-V4 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene. Ten major genera accounted for approximately 70% of the samples on average, including Streptococcus, Neisseria, Corynebacterium, and Fusobacterium. Differential abundant analyses revealed that Scardovia wiggsiae and Leptotrichia wadei were enriched in the caries samples, while Neisseria oralis was abundant in the non-caries samples of children aged below 6 years. The caries and non-caries samples of children aged 6-12 years were enriched in Streptococcus mutans and Corynebacterium durum, respectively. The machine learning models based on these differentially enriched taxa showed accuracies of up to 83%. These results confirmed significant alterations in the oral microbiome according to dental caries and age, and these differences can be used as diagnostic biomarkers.
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- Eungyung Lee
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental Research Institute, Pusan National University Dental Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea; (E.L.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental Research Institute, Pusan National University Dental Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea; (E.L.); (J.S.)
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Institute of Translational Dental Science, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea; (S.P.); (S.K.); (J.L.); (J.J.); (H.-o.J.)
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental Research Institute, Pusan National University Dental Hospital, Yangsan 50612, Korea; (E.L.); (J.S.)
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Institute of Translational Dental Science, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Korea
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Chen Y, Dou G, Wang D, Yang J, Zhang Y, Garnett JA, Chen Y, Wang Y, Xia B. Comparative Microbial Profiles of Caries and Black Extrinsic Tooth Stain in Primary Dentition. Caries Res 2021; 55:310-321. [PMID: 34247164 DOI: 10.1159/000517006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Extrinsic black tooth stain (BS) is a common oral disease associated with lower caries experience in preschool children, although the microbiotic features contributing to the low risk of caries in this group remain elusive. In this study, we aimed at identifying the dominant bacteria in dental plaque to indicate the incidence of caries in the primary dentition. Subjects were divided into 3 groups based on the clinical examination: group CF, children without pigment who had no caries lesions or restorations (n = 18); group CS, children who were diagnosed with severe early childhood caries (n = 17); and group BS, children with pigment (black extrinsic stain) without caries or restorations (n = 15). The total microbial genomic DNA was extracted and subjected to bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing using an Illumina HiSeq platform. The differential dominant bacteria were determined using Wilcoxon rank-sum testing and linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe). Co-occurrence network analysis was performed using sparse correlations for compositional data, calculation and functional features were predicted using PICRUSt. Interestingly, our results showed that the relative abundance of Pseudopropionibacterium, Actinomyces, Rothia, and Cardiobacterium was from high to low and that of Porphyromonas was low to high in the BS, CF, and CS groups, consistent with the clinical incidence of caries in the 3 groups. Moreover, an increased level of Selenomonas_3, Fusobacterium, and Leptotrichia was associated with high caries prevalence. We found that the interactions among genera in the BS and CS plaque communities are less complex than those in the CF communities at the taxon level. Functional features, including cofactor and vitamin metabolism, glycan biosynthesis and metabolism, and translation, significantly increased in caries plaque samples. These bacterial competition- and commensalism-induced changes in microbiota would result in a change of their symbiotic function, finally affecting the balance of oral microflora.
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- Ying Chen
- Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China,
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- Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Central Laboratory & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental institute, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Central Laboratory & Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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A previous longitudinal study about using microbiome as a caries indicator has successfully predicted early childhood caries (ECC) in healthy individuals, but there is no evidence to verify the composition of core microbiota and its pathogenicity in vitro and in vivo. Biofilm acidogenicity, S. mutans count, and biofilm composition were estimated by pH evaluation, colony-forming unit, and quantitative PCR, respectively. Extracellular polysaccharide production and enamel demineralization were observed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and transverse microradiography (TMR), respectively. A rat caries model was established for dental caries formation in vivo, and caries lesions were quantified by Keyes Scoring. We put forward that microbiota including Veillonella parvula, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella denticola, and Leptotrichia wadei served as the predictors for ECC may be the core microbiota in ECC. This study found that the core microbiota of ECC produced limited acid, but promoted growth and acidogenic ability of S. mutans. Besides, core microbiota could help to promote the development of biofilms. Moreover, the core microbiota enhanced the enamel demineralization in vitro and increased cariogenic potential in vivo. These results proved that core microbiota could promote the development of dental caries and plays an important role in the development of ECC.
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Paul B, Sierra MA, Xu F, Crystal YO, Li X, Saxena D, Ruff RR. Microbial population shift and metabolic characterization of silver diamine fluoride treatment failure on dental caries. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0242396. [PMID: 33720954 PMCID: PMC7959385 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The objective of this pilot study was to describe the microbial profiles present in the plaque and saliva of children who continued to develop new carious lesions following treatment with silver diamine fluoride ("nonresponders") compared to caries active, caries-free, and children immediately receiving SDF treatment for untreated caries in order to identify potential microbial differences that may relate to a re-incidence of caries. Saliva and plaque samples from infected and contralateral sites were obtained from twenty children who were either caries free, had active carious lesions, were caries active and received SDF treatment immediately before sampling, or had previously received SDF treatment and developed new caries. In total, 8,057,899 Illumina-generated sequence reads from 60 samples were obtained. Reads were processed using the Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology pipeline. Group differences were assessed using Analysis of Variance Models and Tukey Honest Significant Differences. To identify significant taxa between treatment groups, Linear discriminant analysis Effect Size (LefSe) and Analysis of Differential Abundance Taking Sample Variation Into Account were used. Differential abundant analysis indicated that members of the Lachnospiraceae family were significantly enriched in non-responders and the genus Tannerella and species Granulicatella adiances were also highly abundant in this group. LefSe analysis between non-responders and SDF-treated groups revealed that genera Leptotrichia and Granulicatella were enriched in non-responders. We observed the highest abundance of phosphotransferase system and lowest abundance of lipopolysaccharide synthesis in non-responders. The microbiome in dental biofilms is responsible for initiation and progression of dental caries. SDF has been shown to be effective in arresting the progression carious lesions, in part due to its antimicrobial properties. Findings suggest that the differential abundance of select microbiota and specific pathway functioning in individuals that present with recurrent decay after SDF treatment may contribute to a potential failure of silver diamine fluoride to arrest dental caries. However, the short duration of sample collection following SDF application and the small sample size emphasize the need for further data and additional analysis.
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- Bidisha Paul
- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America
- New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America
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Grier A, Myers JA, O'Connor TG, Quivey RG, Gill SR, Kopycka-Kedzierawski DT. Oral Microbiota Composition Predicts Early Childhood Caries Onset. J Dent Res 2020; 100:599-607. [PMID: 33356775 DOI: 10.1177/0022034520979926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
As the most common chronic disease in preschool children in the United States, early childhood caries (ECC) has a profound impact on a child's quality of life, represents a tremendous human and economic burden to society, and disproportionately affects those living in poverty. Caries risk assessment (CRA) is a critical component of ECC management, yet the accuracy, consistency, reproducibility, and longitudinal validation of the available risk assessment techniques are lacking. Molecular and microbial biomarkers represent a potential source for accurate and reliable dental caries risk and onset. Next-generation nucleotide-sequencing technology has made it feasible to profile the composition of the oral microbiota. In the present study, 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing was applied to saliva samples that were collected at 6-mo intervals for 24 mo from a subset of 56 initially caries-free children from an ongoing cohort of 189 children, aged 1 to 3 y, over the 2-y study period; 36 children developed ECC and 20 remained caries free. Analyses from machine learning models of microbiota composition, across the study period, distinguished between affected and nonaffected groups at the time of their initial study visits with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.71 and discriminated ECC-converted from healthy controls at the visit immediately preceding ECC diagnosis with an AUC of 0.89, as assessed by nested cross-validation. Rothia mucilaginosa, Streptococcus sp., and Veillonella parvula were selected as important discriminatory features in all models and represent biomarkers of risk for ECC onset. These findings indicate that oral microbiota as profiled by high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing is predictive of ECC onset.
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- A Grier
- Genomics Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Genomics Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Genomics Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.,Department of Dentistry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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Dental plaque microbiota profiles of children with caries-free and caries-active dentition. J Dent 2020; 104:103539. [PMID: 33248211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2020.103539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Microbiota comparisons between healthy and diseased dental tissues have accentuated the importance of cultivating and identifying bacterial species that play a role in the initiation and progression of dental caries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the bacterial community composition in caries-active and caries-free children. METHODS Supragingival plaque samples were collected from 64 caries-active and 64 caries-free Middle Eastern children. The hypervariable V3-V4 of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was sequenced with Human Oral Microbe Identification using Next Generation Sequencing. Microbial community structure and composition analyses were performed by processing operational taxonomic units. Bioinformatic analyses, including analysis of similarity, alpha and beta diversities, and principal coordinate analysis, were carried out. RESULTS Diversity indices did not find differences between the caries-active and caries-free groups (p > 0.05). Similarity analysis demonstrated that the microbiota composition did not differ between the two groups. Comparative analysis at the species level revealed a significantly higher relative abundance of Leptotrichia shahii, Prevotella melaninogenica, Veillonella dispar, Leptotrichia HOT 498, and Streptococcus mutans in caries-active children (p < 0.05). Corynebacterium matruchotii, Lautropia mirabilis, Neisseria elongata, and Corynebacterium durum were relatively more abundant in the caries-free group (p < 0.05). Species belonging to the Leptotrichia, Prevotella, and Veillonella genera were significantly predominant in the caries-active subjects. CONCLUSION In view of the lack of a clear association between Corynebacterium spp. and dental caries status in the literature, the predominance of these species in caries-free children warrants further research to understand their possible role in a health-associated microbial community. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Understanding the relationship between specific bacteria present in dental biofilms and health and disease is essential for preventing and combating dental caries. Using advanced next generation sequencing techniques, the present study demonstrated the complexity of the caries microbiome and identified species/genera whose virulence or protective properties should be further explored.
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Chen W, Jiang Q, Yan G, Yang D. The oral microbiome and salivary proteins influence caries in children aged 6 to 8 years. BMC Oral Health 2020; 20:295. [PMID: 33115458 PMCID: PMC7592381 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-020-01262-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Oral microbiome and salivary proteins play a critical role in the occurrence and development of caries. In this study, we used metagenomic and metaproteomic analyses to explore the microbiological and proteinic biomarkers and investigate the etiology of caries in 6-8 years old children. Our study aims to offer a better comprehension of these factors and the relationship with caries, and these findings might facilitate caries risk assessment and provide a basis for future prevention strategies. METHODS Children 6 to 8 years old living in rural isolated areas including 40 caries-active subjects and 40 caries-free subjects were recruited. Supragingival plaque and unstimulated saliva were collected for 16S rDNA pyrosequencing and isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) technique coupled with quantitative nano-flow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), respectively. RESULTS We found 6 phyla and 13 genera predominant in all the samples, and differences in relative abundances can be observed. The Alpha diversity analysis demonstrated that the richness and diversity of the bacterial communities were similar between children with caries-free and caries-active groups; LEfSe detected differences in the bacterial community including Dialister, Selenomonas, Actinomyces, and Mogibacterium in the caries-active group (P < 0.05) and Capnocytophaga, Fusobacterium, Desulfuromonadales, Haemophilus, and Porphyromonas in the caries-free group(P < 0.05). The core microbiome was defined as 18 predominant genera in children with caries. The results of the salivary proteome identified 9135 unique peptides and 1662 proteins group from 20 salivary samples. Two hundred fifty-eight proteins were differentially expressed between the caries-free and caries-active groups. CONCLUSIONS The diversity of the microbial community has little effect on caries but some bacteria with different relative abundance between the caries-active and caries-free group could be considered as potential biomarkers for children with caries. In addition, as a critical host factor of caries, the salivary proteins are different in caries-free and caries-active groups.
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- Wang Chen
- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. .,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China.
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Skelly E, Johnson NW, Kapellas K, Kroon J, Lalloo R, Weyrich L. Response of Salivary Microbiota to Caries Preventive Treatment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. J Oral Microbiol 2020; 12:1830623. [PMID: 33149844 PMCID: PMC7586720 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2020.1830623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
A once-annual caries preventive (Intervention) treatment was offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schoolchildren—a population with disproportionately poorer oral health than non-Indigenous Australian children—in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Far North Queensland (FNQ), which significantly improved their oral health. Here, we examine the salivary microbiota of these children (mean age = 10 ± 2.96 years; n = 103), reconstructing the bacterial community composition with high-throughput sequencing of the V4 region of bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Microbial communities of children who received the Intervention had lower taxonomic diversity than those who did not receive treatment (Shannon, p < 0.05). Moreover, the Intervention resulted in further decreased microbial diversity in children with active carious lesions existing at the time of saliva collection. Microbial species associated with caries were detected; Lactobacillus salivarius, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus gasseri, Prevotella multisaccharivorax, Parascardovia denticolens, and Mitsuokella HMT 131 were significantly increased (p < 0.05) in children with severe caries, especially in children who did not receive the Intervention. These insights into microbial associations and community differences prompt future considerations to the mechanisms behind caries-preventive therapy induced change; important for understanding the long-term implications of like treatment to improve oral health disparities within Australia. Trial registration: ANZCTR, ACTRN12615000693527. Registered 3 July 2015, https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=368750&isReview=true
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- Emily Skelly
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.,Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, School of Dentistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
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- School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.,Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Ferrer MD, López-López A, Nicolescu T, Perez-Vilaplana S, Boix-Amorós A, Dzidic M, Garcia S, Artacho A, Llena C, Mira A. Topic Application of the Probiotic Streptococcus dentisani Improves Clinical and Microbiological Parameters Associated With Oral Health. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:465. [PMID: 32984080 PMCID: PMC7488176 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Streptococcus dentisani 7746, isolated from dental plaque of caries-free individuals, has been shown to have several beneficial effects in vitro which could contribute to promote oral health, including an antimicrobial activity against oral pathogens by the production of bacteriocins and a pH buffering capacity through ammonia production. Previous work has shown that S. dentisani was able to colonize the oral cavity for 2–4 weeks after application. The aim of the present work was to evaluate its clinical efficacy by a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group study. Fifty nine volunteers were enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to a treatment or placebo group. The treatment consisted of a bucco-adhesive gel application (2.5 109 cfu/dose) with a dental splint for 5 min every 48 h, for a period of 1 month (i.e., 14 doses). Dental plaque and saliva samples were collected at baseline, 15 and 30 days after first application, and 15 days after the end of treatment. At baseline, there was a significant correlation between S. dentisani levels and frequency of toothbrushing. Salivary flow, a major factor influencing oral health, was significantly higher in the probiotic group at day 15 compared with the placebo (4.4 and 3.4 ml/5 min, respectively). In the probiotic group, there was a decrease in the amount of dental plaque and in gingival inflammation, but no differences were observed in the placebo group. The probiotic group showed a significant increase in the levels of salivary ammonia and calcium. Finally, Illumina sequencing of plaque samples showed a beneficial shift in bacterial composition at day 30 relative to baseline, with a reduction of several cariogenic organisms and the key players in plaque formation, probably as a result of bacteriocins production. Only 58% of the participants in the probiotic group showed increased plaque levels of S. dentisani at day 30 and 71% by day 45, indicating that the benefits of S. dentisani application could be augmented by improving colonization efficiency. In conclusion, the application of S. dentisani 7746 improved several clinical and microbiological parameters associated with oral health, supporting its use as a probiotic to prevent tooth decay.
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- María D Ferrer
- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Clínica Odontológica, Fundació Lluís Alcanyis, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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- Clínica Odontológica, Fundació Lluís Alcanyis, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
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Kahharova D, Brandt BW, Buijs MJ, Peters M, Jackson R, Eckert G, Katz B, Keels MA, Levy SM, Fontana M, Zaura E. Maturation of the Oral Microbiome in Caries-Free Toddlers: A Longitudinal Study. J Dent Res 2019; 99:159-167. [PMID: 31771395 PMCID: PMC6977153 DOI: 10.1177/0022034519889015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Understanding the development of the oral microbiota in healthy children is of
great importance to oral and general health. However, limited data exist on a
healthy maturation of the oral microbial ecosystem in children. Moreover, the
data are biased by mislabeling “caries-free” populations. Therefore, we aimed to
characterize the healthy salivary and dental plaque microbiome in young
children. Caries-free (ICDAS [International Caries Detection and Assessment
System] score 0) children (n = 119) and their primary
caregivers were followed from 1 until 4 y of child age. Salivary and dental
plaque samples were collected from the children at 3 time points (T1, ~1 y old;
T2, ~2.5 y old; and T3, ~4 y old). Only saliva samples were collected from the
caregivers. Bacterial V4 16S ribosomal DNA amplicons were sequenced using
Illumina MiSeq. The reads were denoised and mapped to the zero-radius
operational taxonomic units (zOTUs). Taxonomy was assigned using HOMD. The
microbial profiles of children showed significant differences
(P = 0.0001) over time. Various taxa increased, including
Fusobacterium, Actinomyces, and
Corynebacterium, while others showed significant decreases
(e.g., Alloprevotella and Capnocytophaga) in
their relative abundances over time. Microbial diversity and child-caregiver
similarity increased most between 1 and 2.5 y of age while still not reaching
the complexity of the caregivers at 4 y of age. The microbiome at 1 y of age
differed the most from those at later time points. A single zOTU
(Streptococcus) was present in all samples
(n = 925) of the study. A large variation in the proportion
of shared zOTUs was observed within an individual child over time (2% to 42% of
zOTUs in saliva; 2.5% to 38% in dental plaque). These findings indicate that the
oral ecosystem of caries-free toddlers is highly heterogeneous and dynamic with
substantial changes in microbial composition over time and only few taxa
persisting across the 3 y of the study. The salivary microbiome of 4-y-old
children is still distinct from that of their caregivers.
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- D Kahharova
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Kollu V, Khan R, Farooq U. Leptotrichia Bacteremia After Chemotherapy for Hematologic Malignancy. Am J Ther 2019; 26:e738-e740. [DOI: 10.1097/mjt.0000000000000891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Stamm T, Ritschl V, Platzer A, Omara M, Mosor E, Reichardt B, Schmitl L, Behanova M, Bekes K. Regional and gender differences in population-based oral health insurance data. Clin Oral Investig 2019; 24:2331-2339. [PMID: 31664593 DOI: 10.1007/s00784-019-03090-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Early dental monitoring contributes substantially to good oral health in children. However, little is known on whether children from different geographical regions and gender are equally reached with current preventive and curative oral health strategies. The aim of our study therefore was to explore regional and gender differences in a population-based oral health dataset of Austrian children up to the age of 14. MATERIALS AND METHODS We extracted the first electronically available health insurance data of children aged up to 14 years on dental services within a 4-year observation period in Austria and performed a separate analysis in up to 6-year-old children. In addition, we used a smaller randomly selected sample dataset of 3000 children as the large numbers would result in significant, but very small effects. RESULTS In a total of 130,895 children, of whom 77,173 children (59%) were up to the age of six, we detected an east-west gradient: The eastern regions of Austria showed an older age at first contact and a higher number of dental services. A child aged up to 6 years who needed more than four dental services had a likelihood of 40% to be from Vienna, Austria's capital city located in the east. The smaller random sample did not show significant gender differences. CONCLUSIONS Even in regions with a high density of dentists, such as Vienna, we obviously did not reach young children in the same extent as in other regions. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Stratified interventions could be developed to overcome regional inequalities.
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- Tanja Stamm
- Section for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- Section for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Section for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria.,Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster Arthritis & Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria
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- Section for Outcomes Research, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Burgenländische Gebietskrankenkasse, Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Osteology, Hanusch Hospital of the WGKK and AUVA Trauma Center, 1st Medical Department at Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Jing C, Lei C, Xuedong Z, Xian P. [Recent achievements in the microbiological etiology of dental caries]. HUA XI KOU QIANG YI XUE ZA ZHI = HUAXI KOUQIANG YIXUE ZAZHI = WEST CHINA JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY 2019; 36:104-108. [PMID: 29595006 DOI: 10.7518/hxkq.2018.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Dental caries is the most common chronic infectious disease of the oral cavity. The bacterium Streptococcus mutans is the sole pathogen that causes this disease. However, substantial evidence suggests that prevention and treatment strategies developed from traditional "cariogenic pathogen theory" are inefficient in reducing the prevalence of dental caries. An increasing number of individuals adopt the ecological view of the microbiota in the pathogenesis of dental caries. Recent technological improvements have enabled the detection and analysis of oral microorganisms, and many studies have focused on this area. The core microbiota is defined as a cluster of microbes playing critical roles in the initial and development phases of dental caries and may provide future direction for microorganism-related etiological studies.
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- Chen Jing
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Nazeri R, Ghaiour M, Abbasi S. Evaluation of Antibacterial Effect of Propolis and its Application in Mouthwash Production. Front Dent 2019; 16:1-12. [PMID: 31608331 PMCID: PMC6778618 DOI: 10.18502/fid.v16i1.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objectives: Our purpose was to determine the antibacterial properties of propolis and to evaluate its use as an antibacterial mouthwash with minimal complications. Materials and Methods: In this experimental laboratory study, an alcoholic propolis extract was prepared. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was calculated for four bacterial species including Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus), and Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) using agar dilution. According to the MIC, a propolis antibacterial mouthwash was produced and compared to water, chlorhexidine (CHX), and Listerine using laboratory rats for clinical examination. Salivary specimens of rats were collected at 12 hours, 1 week, and 2 weeks after using the mouthwash and examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and repeated measures ANOVA (α=0.05). Results: The results of agar dilution by the number of colony-forming units showed the lowest MIC for S. aureus and the highest for L. acidophilus. Our RT-PCR findings indicated that water alone had no effect on the level of oral bacteria. Propolis mouthwash showed a significant difference with CHX and Listerine (P<0.05) in terms of the number of S. mutans, E. faecalis, and L. acidophilus colonies, while CHX and Listerine were less efficient. There was no significant difference between CHX and propolis (P=0.110) regarding S. aureus colonies, but Listerine had a lower efficacy than either (P<0.05). Conclusion: According to the results, propolis mouthwash was more efficient against the studied oral bacteria compared to CHX and Listerine.
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- Rahman Nazeri
- Faculty of Dentistry, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Research Committee, Faculty of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fakhruddin KS, Ngo HC, Samaranayake LP. Cariogenic microbiome and microbiota of the early primary dentition: A contemporary overview. Oral Dis 2018; 25:982-995. [PMID: 29969843 DOI: 10.1111/odi.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent advances in the field of molecular microbiology provide an unprecedented opportunity to decipher the vast diversity of the oral microbiome in health and disease. Here, we provide a contemporary overview of the oral microbiome and the microbiota of early childhood caries (ECC) with particular reference to newer analytical techniques. A MEDLINE search revealed a total of 20 metagenomic studies describing cariogenic microbiomes of ECC, 10 of which also detailed the healthy microbiomes. In addition, seven studies on site-specific microbiomes, focusing on acidogenic and aciduric microbiota of deep-dentinal lesions, were also reviewed. These studies evaluated plaque and saliva of children aged 1.5-11 years, in cohorts of 12-485 individuals. These studies reveal a very rich and diverse microbial communities, with hundreds of different phylotypes and microbial species, including novel species and phyla such as Scardovia wiggsiae, Slackia exigua, Granulicatella elegans, Firmicutes in the plaque biofilms of children with ECC. On the contrary, bacteria such as Streptococcus cristatus, S. gordonii, S. sanguinis, Corynebacterium matruchotii, and Neisseria flavescens were common in plaque biofilm of noncarious, healthy, tooth surfaces in subjects with caries. The review illustrates the immense complexity and the diversity of the human oral microbiota of the cariogenic plaque microbiome in ECC, and the daunting prospect of its demystification.
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- Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.,The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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Dzidic M, Collado MC, Abrahamsson T, Artacho A, Stensson M, Jenmalm MC, Mira A. Oral microbiome development during childhood: an ecological succession influenced by postnatal factors and associated with tooth decay. THE ISME JOURNAL 2018; 12:2292-2306. [PMID: 29899505 PMCID: PMC6092374 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0204-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Information on how the oral microbiome develops during early childhood and how external factors influence this ecological process is scarce. We used high-throughput sequencing to characterize bacterial composition in saliva samples collected at 3, 6, 12, 24 months and 7 years of age in 90 longitudinally followed children, for whom clinical, dietary and health data were collected. Bacterial composition patterns changed through time, starting with "early colonizers", including Streptococcus and Veillonella; other bacterial genera such as Neisseria settled after 1 or 2 years of age. Dental caries development was associated with diverging microbial composition through time. Streptococcus cristatus appeared to be associated with increased risk of developing tooth decay and its role as potential biomarker of the disease should be studied with species-specific probes. Infants born by C-section had initially skewed bacterial content compared with vaginally delivered infants, but this was recovered with age. Shorter breastfeeding habits and antibiotic treatment during the first 2 years of age were associated with a distinct bacterial composition at later age. The findings presented describe oral microbiota development as an ecological succession where altered colonization pattern during the first year of life may have long-term consequences for child´s oral and systemic health.
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- Majda Dzidic
- Department of Health and Genomics, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health, CSISP-FISABIO, Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Department of Biotechnology, Unit of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Probiotics, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Department of Biotechnology, Unit of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Probiotics, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Pediatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Genomics, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health, CSISP-FISABIO, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Oral Health, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Genomics, Center for Advanced Research in Public Health, CSISP-FISABIO, Valencia, Spain.
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Shi W, Tian J, Xu H, Zhou Q, Qin M. Distinctions and associations between the microbiota of saliva and supragingival plaque of permanent and deciduous teeth. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200337. [PMID: 29979786 PMCID: PMC6034885 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Using salivary microbiota as an accurate proxy for monitoring supragingival microbiota remains controversial because their relationship remains unclear. The eruption of permanent teeth and the exfoliation of primary teeth in mixed dentition greatly alter microbial habitats, which may cause compositional shifts of oral microbiota from childhood to adults. OBJECTIVE This study's purpose was to assess whether saliva represents a suitable sample for monitoring supragingival microbiota in healthy people, and to explore how the replacement process of deciduous teeth with permanent teeth in mixed dentition influences microbiota within the oral cavity. DESIGN Samples of saliva and of supragingival plaque from permanent and deciduous teeth were collected separately from 20 healthy children with mixed dentition. To characterize their microbial communities, we used the V3-V4 hypervariable region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequence. RESULTS Saliva harbored a less even and less diverse community than did the plaque. Discriminating genera, namely Rothia and Streptococcus, contributed to the saliva and plaque differentiation. About half of predicted KEGG pathways varied between the plaque and saliva communities. Oral bacteria showed significantly associations between their supragingival and salivary states. We identified 20 supragingival plaque-related genera in saliva, such as Corynebacterium, Capnocytophaga, Fusobacterium, and Neisseria. Additionally, the relative abundance of Actinobacteria peaked in the permanent teeth plaque but subsided in deciduous teeth plaque and saliva. The exfoliation of deciduous teeth and eruption of permanent teeth might be related to the reported fluctuation in the relative abundance of Actinobacteria from primary dentition to permanent dentition within the oral cavity. The variation between PT and DT was due mainly to permanent teeth being enriched in Actinomyces and deciduous teeth in Treponema. CONCLUSION These results suggested that the supragingival plaque-related bacteria could be suitable candidates when sampling saliva for monitoring supragingival microbiota. The replacement process of deciduous teeth with permanent teeth in mixed dentition might be related to the reported age-maturation of phylum Actinobacteria in the oral cavity.
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- Weihua Shi
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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Xu Y, Jia YH, Chen L, Huang WM, Yang DQ. Metagenomic analysis of oral microbiome in young children aged 6-8 years living in a rural isolated Chinese province. Oral Dis 2018; 24:1115-1125. [PMID: 29667264 DOI: 10.1111/odi.12871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mixed dentition is an important transition period from primary teeth to permanent teeth. However, the caries prevalence of first permanent molar in mixed dentitions was about 30%, which almost represent the caries rate of permanent teeth in this period of time. Therefore, we assessed the oral bacterial profiles in young children (age 6-8) with mixed dentition with or without first molar caries for providing the research basis of caries etiology. METHODS We collected samples of supragingival plaque and saliva from the children living in Guizhou, a rural isolated province in China. Then, we performed DNA extraction and purification followed by 454 pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA and compared our results with those of previous research. RESULTS (i) We analyzed 48,320 unique sequences that represented 18 phyla, 29 classes, 44 orders, 74 families, 129 genera, 15,003 species-level OUT in plaque and saliva samples; (ii) longitudinally, there was the "healthy core microbiome" between healthy deciduous dentition and early mixed dentition, for example, Neisseria, Porphyromonas, Selenomonas etc.; (iii) horizontally, there also existed the "healthy core microbiome" in early mixed dentition, for example, Neisseria, Streptococcus, Prevotella etc.; (iv) the dominant bacteria detected by Lefse in caries group including Actinomycetaceae, Streptobacillus (p < 0.05) and those in caries-free group including Gammaproteobacteria, Pasteurellaceae, Aggregatibacter, Chloroflexi, (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The oral cavity is a highly heterogeneous ecosystem with the "healthy core microbiome" in children, although microbial composition shifts along with aging. In addition, the abundance and diversity of microbiota vary between caries and caries-free groups verify the ecological plaque hypothesis.
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- Y Xu
- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China
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Oral biofilm and its molecular analysis provide a basis for investigating various dental research and clinical questions. Knowledge of biofilm composition leads to a better understanding of cariogenic and periopathogenic mechanisms. Microbial changes taking place in the oral cavity during childhood are of interest for several reasons. The evolution of the child oral microbiota and shifts in its composition need to be analyzed further to understand and possibly prevent the onset of disease. At the same time, advanced knowledge of the natural composition of oral biofilm is needed. Early stages of caries-free permanent dentition with healthy gums provide a widely unaffected subgingival habitat that can serve as an in situ baseline for studying features of oral health and disease. Analysis of children's oral biofilm during different stages in life is thus an important theme in the field. Modern molecular analysis methods can provide comprehensive information about the bacterial diversity of such biofilms. To enable microbiota data comparison, it is important to standardize each step in the procedure for molecular data generation. This procedure spans from clinical sampling, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), bioinformatic data processing, to taxonomic interpretation. One of the most critical factors here is biofilm sampling. Sampling in children is even more challenging in particular due to limited space in subgingival areas. We thus focus on the use of paper points for subgingival sampling. This article provides a detailed protocol for oral biofilm sampling of the subgingival sulcus, the mucosa, and saliva in children.
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- Elisabeth Santigli
- Division of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz
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- Division of Preventive and Operative Dentistry, Periodontology, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz
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- Division of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz;
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Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of saliva reveals disease-associated microbiota in patients with periodontitis and dental caries. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2017; 3:23. [PMID: 28979798 PMCID: PMC5624903 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-017-0031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The taxonomic composition of the salivary microbiota has been reported to differentiate between oral health and disease. However, information on bacterial activity and gene expression of the salivary microbiota is limited. The purpose of this study was to perform metagenomic and metatranscriptomic characterization of the salivary microbiota and test the hypothesis that salivary microbial presence and activity could be an indicator of the oral health status. Stimulated saliva samples were collected from 30 individuals (periodontitis: n = 10, dental caries: n = 10, oral health: n = 10). Salivary microbiota was characterized using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics in order to compare community composition and the gene expression between the three groups. Streptococcus was the predominant bacterial genus constituting approx. 25 and 50% of all DNA and RNA reads, respectively. A significant disease-associated higher relative abundance of traditional periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis and Filifactor alocis and salivary microbial activity of F. alocis was associated with periodontitis. Significantly higher relative abundance of caries-associated bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus fermentum was identified in saliva from patients with dental caries. Multiple genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism were significantly more expressed in healthy controls compared to periodontitis patients. Using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics we show that relative abundance of specific oral bacterial species and bacterial gene expression in saliva associates with periodontitis and dental caries. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to evaluate if screening of salivary microbial activity of specific oral bacterial species and metabolic gene expression can identify periodontitis and dental caries at preclinical stages. Genetic analysis of saliva reveals the activity of bacteria linked to gum disease and tooth decay and may prove useful in early diagnosis. Daniel Belstrøm and colleagues at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with co-workers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, analyzed saliva from 10 patients with periodontitis gum disease, 10 with dental caries and 10 with good oral health. DNA analysis revealed which bacteria were present, while examining RNA revealed which bacterial genes were most active. The procedure identified greater abundance and activity of bacteria linked to each specific oral condition in the oral disease groups, and also found distinctive bacterial activity in those people with good oral health. Further studies should investigate the possibility of testing bacterial gene activity in saliva to identify oral diseases before they become clinically evident.
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Eribe ERK, Olsen I. Leptotrichia species in human infections II. J Oral Microbiol 2017; 9:1368848. [PMID: 29081911 PMCID: PMC5646626 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2017.1368848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Leptotrichia species are non-motile facultative anaerobic/anaerobic bacteria that are found mostly in the oral cavity and some other parts of the human body, in animals, and even in ocean sediments. Valid species include L. buccalis, L. goodfellowii, L. hofstadii, L. honkongensis, L. shahii, L. trevisanii, and L. wadei. Some species require serum or blood for growth. All species ferment carbohydrates and produce lactic acid that may be involved with tooth decay. Acting as opportunistic pathogens, they are involved in a variety of diseases, and have been isolated from immunocompromised but also immunocompetent individuals. Mucositis, oral lesions, wounds, and abscesses may predispose to Leptotrichia septicemia. Because identification of Leptotrichia species by phenotypic features occasionally lead to misidentification, genetic techniques such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing is recommended. Early diagnosis and treatment of leptotrichia infections is important for positive outcomes. Over the last years, Leptotrichia species have been associated with several changes in taxonomy and new associations with clinical diseases. Such changes are reported in this updated review.
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- Emenike R K Eribe
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Keller MK, Kressirer CA, Belstrøm D, Twetman S, Tanner ACR. Oral microbial profiles of individuals with different levels of sugar intake. J Oral Microbiol 2017; 9:1355207. [PMID: 28839520 PMCID: PMC5560414 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2017.1355207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The aim was to compare the oral microbial profiles in young adults with an intake of free sugars above or below the current recommendations by the WHO for sugar consumption. Seventy subjects completed a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to establish the proportion of free sugars in relation to the total energy intake (% E). Subjects with <5% E (n = 30) formed the low-sugar group, while those with ≥5% E (n = 40) were regarded as reference group. Saliva and plaque samples were analyzed by qPCR, and 52 of the plaque samples were assayed by HOMINGS. The HOMINGS analysis revealed a comparable core microbiota in plaque samples with Streptococcus, Leptotrichia, Actinobaculum, and Veillonella as predominant. No major differences between groups were revealed by α-diversity testing (p = 0.83), principal component analysis, or correspondence analysis. Higher relative abundance of Streptococcus sobrinus and Prevotella melaninogenica was observed in plaque samples in the reference group. By qPCR, Scardovia wiggsiae was associated with elevated sugar intake. The findings suggests that the amount of ingested sugars had a marginal influence on microbial profiles in dental plaque and saliva. However, some caries-associated species were less abundant in the dental plaque of the low sugar group.
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- Mette K Keller
- Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA.,Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, USA
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- Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA.,Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, USA
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Microbiomes of Site-Specific Dental Plaques from Children with Different Caries Status. Infect Immun 2017; 85:IAI.00106-17. [PMID: 28507066 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00106-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The oral microbiota associated with the initiation and progression of dental caries has yet to be fully characterized. The Human Oral Microbe Identification Using Next-Generation Sequencing (HOMINGS) approach was used to analyze the microbiomes of site-specific supragingival dental plaques from children with different caries status. Fifty-five children (2 to 7 years of age) were assessed at baseline and at 12 months and grouped as caries free (CF), caries active with enamel lesions (CAE), and caries active with dentin carious lesions (CA). Plaque samples from caries-free tooth surfaces (PF) and from enamel carious lesions (PE) and dentin carious lesions (PD) were collected. 16S community profiles were obtained by HOMINGS, and 408 bacterial species and 84 genus probes were assigned. Plaque bacterial communities showed temporal stability, as there was no significant difference in beta diversity values between the baseline and 12-month samples. Irrespective of collection time points, the microbiomes of healthy tooth surfaces differed substantially from those found during caries activity. All pairwise comparisons of beta diversity values between groups were significantly different (P < 0.05), except for comparisons between the CA-PF, CAE-PE, and CA-PE groups. Streptococcus genus probe 4 and Neisseria genus probe 2 were the most frequently detected taxa across the plaque groups, followed by Streptococcus sanguinis, which was highly abundant in CF-PF. Well-known acidogenic/aciduric species such as Streptococcus mutans, Scardovia wiggsiae, Parascardovia denticolens, and Lactobacillus salivarius were found almost exclusively in CA-PD. The microbiomes of supragingival dental plaque differ substantially among tooth surfaces and children of different caries activities. In support of the ecological nature of caries etiology, a steady transition in community species composition was observed with disease progression.
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Gomez A, Nelson KE. The Oral Microbiome of Children: Development, Disease, and Implications Beyond Oral Health. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2017; 73:492-503. [PMID: 27628595 PMCID: PMC5274568 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0854-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In the era of applied meta-omics and personalized medicine, the oral microbiome is a valuable asset. From biomarker discovery to being a powerful source of therapeutic targets and to presenting an opportunity for developing non-invasive approaches to health care, it has become clear that oral microbes may hold the answer for understanding disease, even beyond the oral cavity. Although our understanding of oral microbiome diversity has come a long way in the past 50 years, there are still many areas that need to be fine-tuned for better risk assessment and diagnosis, especially in early developmental stages of human life. Here, we discuss the factors that impact development of the oral microbiome and explore oral markers of disease, with a focus on the early oral cavity. Our ultimate goal is to put different experimental and methodological views into perspective for better assessment of early oral and systemic disease at an early age and discuss how oral microbiomes-at the community level-could provide improved assessment in individuals and populations at risk.
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- Andres Gomez
- Departments of Human Biology and Genomic Medicine, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, 92037, CA, USA.
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- Departments of Human Biology and Genomic Medicine, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, 92037, CA, USA
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Santigli E, Trajanoski S, Eberhard K, Klug B. Sampling Modification Effects in the Subgingival Microbiome Profile of Healthy Children. Front Microbiol 2017; 7:2142. [PMID: 28149291 PMCID: PMC5241288 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background: Oral microbiota are considered major players in the development of periodontal diseases. Thorough knowledge of intact subgingival microbiomes is required to elucidate microbial shifts from health to disease. Aims: This comparative study investigated the subgingival microbiome of healthy children, possible inter- and intra-individual effects of modified sampling, and basic comparability of subgingival microprints. Methods: In five 10-year-old children, biofilm was collected from the upper first premolars and first molars using sterilized, UV-treated paper-points inserted into the subgingival sulcus at eight sites. After supragingival cleaning using an electric toothbrush and water, sampling was performed, firstly, excluding (Mode A) and, secondly, including (Mode B) cleansing with sterile cotton pellets. DNA was extracted from the pooled samples, and primers targeting 16S rRNA hypervariable regions V5 and V6 were used for 454-pyrosequencing. Wilcoxon signed rank test and t-test were applied to compare sampling modes. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and average agglomerative hierarchical clustering were calculated with unweighted UniFrac distance matrices. Sample grouping was tested with permutational MANOVA (Adonis). Results: Data filtering and quality control yielded 67,218 sequences with an average sequence length of 243bp (SD 6.52; range 231–255). Actinobacteria (2.8–24.6%), Bacteroidetes (9.2–25.1%), Proteobacteria (4.9–50.6%), Firmicutes (16.5–57.4%), and Fusobacteria (2.2–17.1%) were the five major phyla found in all samples. Differences in microbial abundances between sampling modes were not evident. High sampling numbers are needed to achieve significance for rare bacterial phyla. Samples taken from one individual using different sampling modes were more similar to each other than to other individuals' samples. PCoA and hierarchical clustering showed a grouping of the paired samples. Permutational MANOVA did not reveal sample grouping by sampling modes (p = 0.914 by R2 = 0.09). Conclusion: A slight modification of sampling mode has minor effects corresponding to a natural variability in the microbiome profiles of healthy children. The inter-individual variability in subgingival microprints is greater than intra-individual differences. Statistical analyses of microbial populations should consider this baseline variability and move beyond mere quantification with input from visual analytics. Comparative results are difficult to summarize as methods for studying huge datasets are still evolving. Advanced approaches are needed for sample size calculations in clinical settings.
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- Elisabeth Santigli
- Division of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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- Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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- Division of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria
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Exploration of bacterial species associated with the salivary microbiome of individuals with a low susceptibility to dental caries. Clin Oral Investig 2016; 21:2399-2406. [DOI: 10.1007/s00784-016-2035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Deep sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA of the neonatal oral microbiome: a comparison of breast-fed and formula-fed infants. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38309. [PMID: 27922070 PMCID: PMC5138828 DOI: 10.1038/srep38309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In utero and upon delivery, neonates are exposed to a wide array of microorganisms from various sources, including maternal bacteria. Prior studies have proposed that the mode of feeding shapes the gut microbiota and, subsequently the child’s health. However, the effect of the mode of feeding and its influence on the development of the neonatal oral microbiota in early infancy has not yet been reported. The aim of this study was to compare the oral microbiota of healthy infants that were exclusively breast-fed or formula-fed using 16S-rRNA gene sequencing. We demonstrated that the oral bacterial communities were dominated by the phylum Firmicutes, in both groups. There was a higher prevalence of the phylum Bacteroidetes in the mouths of formula-fed infants than in breast-fed infants (p = 0.01), but in contrast Actinobacteria were more prevalent in breast-fed babies; Proteobacteria was more prevalent in saliva of breast-fed babies than in formula-fed neonates (p = 0.04). We also found evidence suggesting that the oral microbiota composition changed over time, particularly Streptococcus species, which had an increasing trend between 4–8 weeks in both groups. This study findings confirmed that the mode of feeding influences the development of oral microbiota, and this may have implications for long-term human health.
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Jiang S, Gao X, Jin L, Lo ECM. Salivary Microbiome Diversity in Caries-Free and Caries-Affected Children. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17121978. [PMID: 27898021 PMCID: PMC5187778 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17121978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Dental caries (tooth decay) is an infectious disease. Its etiology is not fully understood from the microbiological perspective. This study characterizes the diversity of microbial flora in the saliva of children with and without dental caries. Children (3–4 years old) with caries (n = 20) and without caries (n = 20) were recruited. Unstimulated saliva (2 mL) was collected from each child and the total microbial genomic DNA was extracted. DNA amplicons of the V3-V4 hypervariable region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene were generated and subjected to Illumina Miseq sequencing. A total of 17 phyla, 26 classes, 40 orders, 80 families, 151 genera, and 310 bacterial species were represented in the saliva samples. There was no significant difference in the microbiome diversity between caries-affected and caries-free children (p > 0.05). The relative abundance of several species (Rothia dentocariosa, Actinomyces graevenitzii, Veillonella sp. oral taxon 780, Prevotella salivae, and Streptococcus mutans) was higher in the caries-affected group than in the caries-free group (p < 0.05). Fusobacterium periodonticum and Leptotrichia sp. oral clone FP036 were more abundant in caries-free children than in caries-affected children (p < 0.05). The salivary microbiome profiles of caries-free and caries-affected children were similar. Salivary counts of certain bacteria such as R. dentocariosa and F. periodonticum may be useful for screening/assessing children’s risk of developing caries.
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- Shan Jiang
- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, China.
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- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, China.
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- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, China.
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- Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, China.
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Han CS, Martin MA, Dichosa AEK, Daughton AR, Frietze S, Kaplan H, Gurven MD, Alcock J. Salivary microbiomes of indigenous Tsimane mothers and infants are distinct despite frequent premastication. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2660. [PMID: 27833819 PMCID: PMC5101600 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Premastication, the transfer of pre-chewed food, is a common infant and young child feeding practice among the Tsimane, forager-horticulturalists living in the Bolivian Amazon. Research conducted primarily with Western populations has shown that infants harbor distinct oral microbiota from their mothers. Premastication, which is less common in these populations, may influence the colonization and maturation of infant oral microbiota, including via transmission of oral pathogens. We collected premasticated food and saliva samples from Tsimane mothers and infants (9–24 months of age) to test for evidence of bacterial transmission in premasticated foods and overlap in maternal and infant salivary microbiota. We extracted bacterial DNA from two premasticated food samples and 12 matched salivary samples from maternal-infant pairs. DNA sequencing was performed with MiSeq (Illumina). We evaluated maternal and infant microbial composition in terms of relative abundance of specific taxa, alpha and beta diversity, and dissimilarity distances. Results The bacteria in saliva and premasticated food were mapped to 19 phyla and 400 genera and were dominated by Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. The oral microbial communities of Tsimane mothers and infants who frequently share premasticated food were well-separated in a non-metric multi-dimensional scaling ordination (NMDS) plot. Infant microbiotas clustered together, with weighted Unifrac distances significantly differing between mothers and infants. Infant saliva contained more Firmicutes (p < 0.01) and fewer Proteobacteria (p < 0.05) than did maternal saliva. Many genera previously associated with dental and periodontal infections, e.g. Neisseria, Gemella, Rothia, Actinomyces, Fusobacterium, and Leptotrichia, were more abundant in mothers than in infants. Conclusions Salivary microbiota of Tsimane infants and young children up to two years of age do not appear closely related to those of their mothers, despite frequent premastication and preliminary evidence that maternal bacteria is transmitted to premasticated foods. Infant physiology and diet may constrain colonization by maternal bacteria, including several oral pathogens.
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- Cliff S Han
- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National LaborataoryLos Alamos, NM, USA
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- Analytics, Intelligence and Technology (A) Division, Los Alamos National Laborataory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Department of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Li Y, Zou CG, Fu Y, Li Y, Zhou Q, Liu B, Zhang Z, Liu J. Oral microbial community typing of caries and pigment in primary dentition. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:558. [PMID: 27495902 PMCID: PMC4974685 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2891-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Black extrinsic discoloration in primary dentition is a common clinical and aesthetic problem that can co-occur with dental caries, the most common oral diseases in childhood. Although the role of bacteria in the formation of pigment and caries in primary dentition is important, their basic features still remain a further mystery. Methods Using targeted sequencing of the V1-V3 hypervariable regions of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, we obtained a dataset consisting of 831,381 sequences from 111 saliva samples and 110 supragingival plaque samples from 40 patients with pigment (black extrinsic stain), 20 with caries (obvious decay), and 25 with both pigment and caries and from 26 healthy individuals. We applied a Dirichlet multinomial mixture (DMM)-based community typing approach to investigate oral microbial community types. Results Our results revealed significant structural segregation of microbial communities, as indicated by the identification of two plaque community types (A and B) and three saliva community types (C-E). We found that the independent occurrence of the two plaque community types, A and B, was potentially associated with our oral diseases of interest. For type A, three co-occurring bacterial genus pairs could separately play a potential role in the formation of pigment (Leptotrichia and Fusobacterium), caries (unclassified Gemellales and Granulicatella), and mixed caries and pigment (Streptococcus and Mogibacterium). For type B, three co-occurring bacterial genera (unclassified Clostridiaceae, Peptostreptococcus, and Clostridium) were related to mixed pigment and caries. Three dominant bacterial genera (Selenomonas, Gemella, and Streptobacillus) were linked to the presence of caries. Conclusions Our study demonstrates that plaque-associated oral microbial communities could majorly contribute to the formation of pigment and caries in primary dentition and suggests potential clinical applications of monitoring oral microbiota as an indicator for disease diagnosis and prognosis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2891-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yanhui Li
- Department of Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650100, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650100, China
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- Department of Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650100, China
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- Department of Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China.
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- Department of Preventive & Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650100, China.
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Naidu BV, Reginald BA. Quantification and Correlation of Oral Candida with Caries Index Among Different Age Groups of School Children: A Case-Control Study. Ann Med Health Sci Res 2016; 6:80-4. [PMID: 27213089 PMCID: PMC4866371 DOI: 10.4103/2141-9248.181843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: Dental caries is the most common infectious disease affecting humans and is the predominant cause of tooth loss in children. Although Candida's role in dental caries has been studied extensively, limited homogenous studies have been conducted and none have been found, that associate Candida with dental caries, while correlating it to different age groups. Aim: The study aimed to quantify oral Candida in school children and correlate candidal carriage to the caries index and further analyze an age association. Subjects and Methods: Decayed-Filled teeth/Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth (dft/DMFT) index scores of 150 subjects were evaluated, and concentrated oral rinse samples were collected from each participant for mycologic investigation. Based on the age and caries activity, the participants were categorized into three groups consisting of 50 each such as Group-I (caries active participants of 6–12 years age), Group-II (caries active participants in 13–18 years age), and Group-III (caries-free participants in 6–18 years age); CHROMagar™ was used as a primary culture medium for candidal growth. The data was statistically analyzed using Unpaired t-test, Chi-square test and Spearman's rank order. Results: The results demonstrated that as age increases, the dft/DMFT scores as well as the candidal growth decreased. In addition, the oral candidal carriage levels were found to be low in caries-free group (Group-III) when compared to the study groups. Conclusion: The presence of Candida was directly related to the caries status and inversely proportional to the age.
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- B V Naidu
- Department of Oral Pathology, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Dental Sciences, Sanghivalasa, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Bezerra DS, Stipp RN, Neves BG, Guedes SFF, Nascimento MM, Rodrigues LKA. Insights into the Virulence Traits of Streptococcus mutans in Dentine Carious Lesions of Children with Early Childhood Caries. Caries Res 2016; 50:279-87. [PMID: 27160402 DOI: 10.1159/000445256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Streptococcus mutans is an oral bacterium considered to play a major role in the development of dental caries. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of S. mutans in active and arrested dentine carious lesions of children with early childhood caries and to examine the expression profile of selected S. mutans genes associated with survival and virulence, within the same carious lesions. Dentine samples were collected from 29 active and 16 arrested carious lesions that were diagnosed in preschool children aged 2-5 years. Total RNA was extracted from the dentine samples, and reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR analyses were performed for the quantification of S. mutans and for analyses of the expression of S. mutans genes associated with bacterial survival (atpD, nox, pdhA) and virulence (fabM and aguD). There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of S. mutans between active and arrested carious lesions. Expression of the tested genes was detected in both types of carious dentine. The pdhA (p = 0.04) and aguD (p = 0.05) genes were expressed at higher levels in arrested as compared to active lesions. Our findings revealed that S. mutans is part of the viable microbial community in active and arrested dentine carious lesions. The increase in expression of the pdhA and aguD genes in arrested lesions is likely due to the unfavourable environmental conditions for microbial growth, inherent to this type of lesions.
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- Daniela S Bezerra
- Postgraduation Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing, Federal University of Cearx00E1;, Fortaleza, Brazil
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Foxman B, Luo T, Srinivasan U, Ramadugu K, Wen A, Goldberg D, Shedden K, Crout R, McNeil DW, Weyant R, Marazita ML. The effects of family, dentition, and dental caries on the salivary microbiome. Ann Epidemiol 2016; 26:348-54. [PMID: 27157862 PMCID: PMC5015694 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Family members share genes, environment, and microbial communities. If there is a strong effect of family on the salivary microbiota, controlling for family will enhance identification of microbial communities associated with cariogenesis. The present study was designed to assess the similarity of the salivary microbiome among families and the association between the salivary microbiome and dental decay taking age into account. METHODS We selected families (n = 49) participating in the cohort study of oral health conducted by the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia. All families where at least two children and at least one parent gave a saliva sample (n = 173) were included. Saliva samples were collected at least 1 hour after eating or drinking. After DNA extraction, the V6 region of the 16s rRNA gene was sequenced. Paired ends were joined using fast length adjustment of short reads, sequences were demultiplexed and filtered using Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology 1.9.0, and taxonomy was assigned using the Ribosomal Database Project (RDP; http://rdp.cme.msu.edu/) classifier and sequences aligned with the CORE database using PyNAST. RESULTS The salivary microbiome changed with age and was more similar within families than between families. There was no difference in the diversity of the salivary microbiome by dental decay. After taking into account age and family, signals of dental decay were weak in the saliva, whether examined at the phyla, genus, or operational taxonomic level. CONCLUSIONS The salivary microbiome does not appear to be a good indicator of dental caries.
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- Betsy Foxman
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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- Department of Periodontics, West Virginia University, Morgantown; Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Gao X, Jiang S, Koh D, Hsu CYS. Salivary biomarkers for dental caries. Periodontol 2000 2015; 70:128-41. [DOI: 10.1111/prd.12100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Millions of microorganisms inhabit the human body and affect its homeostasis in multiple ways. Alterations in this microbial community have implications for the health and survival of the human hosts. It is believed that these microorganisms should be included as part of the human genome because of their influence on human physiology hence the term "microbiome" is commonly used to refer to these microbes along with their genetic make-up and their environmental interactions. In this article we attempt to provide an insight into this recently discovered vital organ of the human body which is yet to be fully explored. We herein discuss the composition and role of microbiome in human health and disease with a special emphasis in children and culture-independent techniques employed in mapping of the microbiome. Alteration in the gut microbiome has been associated with causation of several paediatric diseases like infantile colic, necrotizing enterocolitis, asthma, atopy, obesity, type -1 diabetes, and autism. Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis have also been associated with changes in the cutaneous microbiome. Respiratory microbial imbalances during infancy have been linked with wheezing and bronchial asthma. Dysbiosis in the regional microbiome has been linked with caries, periodontitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis. The future therapeutic implications of this rapidly evolving area of research are also highlighted.
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- Shilpa Khanna Arora
- Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
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Johansson I, Witkowska E, Kaveh B, Lif Holgerson P, Tanner ACR. The Microbiome in Populations with a Low and High Prevalence of Caries. J Dent Res 2015; 95:80-6. [PMID: 26442950 DOI: 10.1177/0022034515609554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The oral microbiota was compared between Romanian adolescents with a high prevalence of caries and no dental care and Swedish caries-active and caries-free adolescents in caries prevention programs and with a low prevalence of caries. Biofilm samples were analyzed by FLX+ pyrosequencing of the V1 to V4 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/quantitative PCR (qPCR) for Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus. Sequences obtained blasted to 9 phyla, 66 genera, and 401 human oral taxa (HOT) in the 16S rRNA Human Oral Microbiome Database, of which 295 were represented by ≥20 sequences. The Romanian adolescents had more sequences in Firmicutes and fewer in Actinobacteria phyla and more sequences in the genera Bacteroidetes [G-3], Porphyromonas, Abiotrophia, Filifactor, Peptostreptococcaceae [11][G-4], Pseudoramibacter, Streptococcus, and Neisseria and fewer in Actinomyces, Selenomonas, Veillonella, Campylobacter, and TM7 [G-1] than the Swedish groups. Multivariate modeling employing HOT, S. sobrinus and S. mutans (PCR/qPCR), and sugar snacks separated Romanian from Swedish adolescents. The Romanian adolescents' microbiota was characterized by a panel of streptococci, including S. mutans, S. sobrinus, and Streptococcus australis, and Alloprevotella, Leptotrichia, Neisseria, Porphyromonas, and Prevotella. The Swedish adolescents were characterized by sweet snacks, and those with caries activity were also characterized by Prevotella, Actinomyces, and Capnocytophaga species and those free of caries by Actinomyces, Prevotella, Selenomonas, Streptococcus, and Mycoplasma. Eight species including Streptococcus mitis and Streptococcus species HOT070 were prevalent in Romanian and Swedish caries-active subjects but not caries-free subjects. In conclusion, S. mutans and S. sobrinus correlated with Romanian adolescents with caries and with limited access to dental care, whereas S. mutans and S. sobrinus were detected infrequently in Swedish adolescents in dental care programs. Swedish caries-active adolescents were typically colonized by Actinomyces, Selenomonas, Prevotella, and Capnocytophaga. Hence, the role of mutans streptococci as a primary caries pathogen appears less pronounced in populations with prevention programs compared to populations lacking caries treatment and prevention strategies.
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- I Johansson
- Section of Cariology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Section of Cariology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Section of Cariology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Section of Pedodontics, Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Lif Holgerson P, Öhman C, Rönnlund A, Johansson I. Maturation of Oral Microbiota in Children with or without Dental Caries. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128534. [PMID: 26020247 PMCID: PMC4447273 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the oral microbiota in children from age 3 months to 3 years, and to determine the association of the presence of caries at 3 years of age. Methods and findings Oral biofilms and saliva were sampled from children at 3 months (n = 207) and 3 years (n = 155) of age, and dental caries was scored at 3 years of age. Oral microbiota was assessed by culturing of total lactobacilli and mutans streptococci, PCR detection of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus, 454 pyrosequencing and HOMIM (Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray) microarray detection of more then 300 species/ phylotypes. Species richness and taxa diversity significantly increased from 3 months to 3 years. Three bacterial genera, present in all the 3-month-old infants, persisted at 3 years of age, whereas three other genera had disappeared by this age. A large number of new taxa were also observed in the 3-year-olds. The microbiota at 3 months of age, except for lactobacilli, was unrelated to caries development at a later age. In contrast, several taxa in the oral biofilms of the 3-year-olds were linked with the presence or absence of caries. The main species/phylotypes associated with caries in 3-year-olds belonged to the Actinobaculum, Atopobium, Aggregatibacter, and Streptococcus genera, whereas those influencing the absence of caries belonged to the Actinomyces, Bergeyella, Campylobacter, Granulicatella, Kingella, Leptotrichia, and Streptococcus genera. Conclusions Thus, during the first years of life, species richness and taxa diversity in the mouth increase significantly. Besides the more prevalent colonization of lactobacilli, the composition of the overall microbiota at 3 months of age was unrelated to caries development at a later age. Several taxa within the oral biofilms of the 3-year-olds could be linked to the presence or absence of caries.
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- Department of Odontology/section of Pedodontics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Odontology/section of Cariology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Odontology/section of Pedodontics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Odontology/section of Cariology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Odontology/section of Cariology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Investigation of salivary function and oral microbiota of radiation caries-free people with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123137. [PMID: 25860481 PMCID: PMC4393271 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Radiation caries have been reported to be correlated with radiotherapy-induced destruction of salivary function and changes in oral microbiota. There have been no published reports detailing patients who have remained radiation caries-free following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between salivary function, oral microbiota and the absence of radiation caries. Twelve radiation caries-free patients and nine patients exhibiting radiation caries following irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma were selected. V40, the dose at which the volume of the contralateral parotid gland receives more than 40 Gy, was recorded. Stimulated saliva flow rate, pH values and buffering capacity were examined to assess salivary function. Stimulated saliva was used for molecular profiling by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis. Mutans streptococci and Lactobacilli in saliva were also cultivated. There were no significant differences in V40 between radiation caries-free individuals and those with radiation caries. Compared with normal values, the radiation caries-free group had significantly decreased simulated saliva flow rate, while there were no significant differences in the saliva pH value and buffering capacity. Similar results were observed in the radiation caries group. There was no statistical difference in microbial diversity, composition and log CFU counts in cultivation from the radiation caries-free group and the radiation caries group. Eleven genera were detected in these two groups, among which Streptococcus spp. and Neisseria spp. had the highest distribution. Our results suggest that changes in salivary function and in salivary microbiota do not explain the absence of radiation caries in radiation caries-free individuals.
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Ma C, Chen F, Zhang Y, Sun X, Tong P, Si Y, Zheng S. Comparison of oral microbial profiles between children with severe early childhood caries and caries-free children using the human oral microbe identification microarray. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0122075. [PMID: 25821962 PMCID: PMC4378984 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objective Early childhood caries (ECC) has become a prevalent public health problem among Chinese preschool children. The bacterial microflora is considered to be an important factor in the formation and progress of dental caries. However, high-throughput and large-scale studies of the primary dentition are lacking. The present study aimed to compare oral microbial profiles between children with severe ECC (SECC) and caries-free children. Methods Both saliva and supragingival plaque samples were obtained from children with SECC (n = 20) and caries-free children (n = 20) aged 3 to 4 years. The samples were assayed using the Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray (HOMIM). Results A total of 379 bacterial species were detected in both the saliva and supragingival plaque samples from all children. Thirteen (including Streptococcus) and two (Streptococcus and Actinomyces) bacterial species in supragingival plaque and saliva, respectively, showed significant differences in prevalence between the two groups. Of these, the frequency of Streptococcus mutans detection was significantly higher in both saliva (p = 0.026) and plaque (p = 0.006) samples from the SECC group than in those from the caries-free group. Conclusions The findings of our study revealed differences in the oral microbiota between the SECC and caries-free groups Several genera, including Streptococcus, Porphyromonas, and Actinomyces, are strongly associated with SECC and can be potential biomarkers of dental caries in the primary dentition.
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- Chen Ma
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Central Laboratory, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (SZ); (YS)
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (SZ); (YS)
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Caries status and quantification of four bacteria in saliva of Chinese preschool children: A cross-sectional study. J Dent Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Peterson SN, Meissner T, Su AI, Snesrud E, Ong AC, Schork NJ, Bretz WA. Functional expression of dental plaque microbiota. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2014; 4:108. [PMID: 25177549 PMCID: PMC4132376 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dental caries remains a significant public health problem and is considered pandemic worldwide. The prediction of dental caries based on profiling of microbial species involved in disease and equally important, the identification of species conferring dental health has proven more difficult than anticipated due to high interpersonal and geographical variability of dental plaque microbiota. We have used RNA-Seq to perform global gene expression analysis of dental plaque microbiota derived from 19 twin pairs that were either concordant (caries-active or caries-free) or discordant for dental caries. The transcription profiling allowed us to define a functional core microbiota consisting of nearly 60 species. Similarities in gene expression patterns allowed a preliminary assessment of the relative contribution of human genetics, environmental factors and caries phenotype on the microbiota's transcriptome. Correlation analysis of transcription allowed the identification of numerous functional networks, suggesting that inter-personal environmental variables may co-select for groups of genera and species. Analysis of functional role categories allowed the identification of dominant functions expressed by dental plaque biofilm communities, that highlight the biochemical priorities of dental plaque microbes to metabolize diverse sugars and cope with the acid and oxidative stress resulting from sugar fermentation. The wealth of data generated by deep sequencing of expressed transcripts enables a greatly expanded perspective concerning the functional expression of dental plaque microbiota.
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- Scott N Peterson
- Infectious Diseases, J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at the Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at the Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases, J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD, USA
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- Infectious Diseases, J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD, USA
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- The Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, College of Dentistry, New York University New York, NY, USA
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