Ethnicity-based analysis of supragingival plaque composition and dental health behaviours in healthy subjects without caries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objective of this study was to scrutinise the disparities in the diversity, structure, and function of the oral microbiome among caries-free children from the Zhuang and Han ethnic groups with a focus on the influence of ethnically distinct oral health behaviours on the composition of the oral microbiota.

Methods

A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess oral health behaviours and dental plaque samples were collected from 96 Zhuang and Han children aged 4-5 years living in Guangxi, southern China for high-throughput sequencing. PCR amplification was performed for sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rDNA gene, and second-generation sequencing was performed using the Illumina MiSeq platform to compare and analyse the diversity, structure and funct

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336456 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature