Characterization of Oral Species in Dental Biofilms in Healthy and Stunted Groups of Children Aged 6-7 Years in East Nusa Tenggara.

Impaired development that causes stunting is one of the most common health problems in Indonesia. In particular, the highest number of cases of stunting in Indonesia was reported in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province. Previous studies have shown a tendency for deteriorating oral hygiene in children with a poor nutritional status.

sp. nov., an anaerobic Gram-negative coccus isolated from the oral cavity of Japanese children.

Two strains of previously unknown Gram-negative cocci, T1-7 and S6-16, were isolated from the oral cavity of healthy Japanese children. The two strains showed atypical phenotypic characteristics of members of the genus , including catalase production. Sequencing of their 16S rRNA genes confirmed that they belong to genus .

Description of and biofilms after exposure to propolis dentifrice by using OpenCFU method.

Context: Dental caries is a major and chronic dental public health problem, which can usually be prevented by regular oral hygiene. The most common oral hygiene practice is brushing teeth with a dentifrice. Propolis has emerged as a promising anti-cariogenic agent, which is considered to be a good oral antiseptic for prevention of caries.

Identification and phylogenetic analysis of oral species isolated from the saliva of Japanese children.

As the most frequent infectious disease among children worldwide, dental caries have a strong relationship with oral hygiene status, specifically in the development of infection. However, the study regarding the identification and distribution of oral are limited. The oral community may affected by the differences in geographical location, age, diet, lifestyle, socio-economic status and oral hygiene status.

Establishment of a species-specific primer pair for detecting Veillonella infantium based on the 70 kDa heat shock protein gene dnaK.

Recently, Veillonella infantium was isolated from tongue biofilm of a Thai child and established as a novel Veillonella species. In this study, a species-specific primer was designed to identify V. infantium on the basis of the sequence of the 70 kDa heat shock protein (dnaK) gene of Veillonella infantium JCM 31738 (= TSD-88).