Microbiomes of colored dental biofilms in children with or without severe caries experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biofilm coloration can compromise maturation and increase the risk of oral disease in adulthood, though children with colored biofilm do not always demonstrate a poor oral health status.

Aim

The microbial compositions of colored and white biofilms in children were compared.

Design

Thirty-two dental biofilm samples from 16 children (age < 13 years) were analyzed using 16S rRNA pyrosequencing, then the subjects were divided into severe caries and healthy (caries-free) groups. Correlations between microbiomes and oral health status were also examined.

Results

Phylogenetic analysis revealed no distinctly different patterns between colored and white biofilms. In the severe caries group, genus Actinomyces, Cardiobacterium, Kingella, Lautropia, and Veillone

SUBMITTER: Nagai N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745070 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature