Biocultural Drivers of Salivary Microbiota in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.

ABSTRACT: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experience unacceptably high rates of dental caries compared to their non-Indigenous Australian counterparts. Dental caries significantly impacts the quality of life of children and their families, particularly in remote communities. While many socioeconomic and lifestyle factors impact caries risk, the central role of the oral microbiota in mediating dental caries has not been extensively investigated in these communities. Here, we examine factors that shape diversity and composition of the salivary microbiota in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents living in the remote Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Far North Queensland. We employed 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing to profile bacteria present in sa

SUBMITTER: Handsley-Davis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757737 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature