Anti-caries Streptococcus spp.: A potential preventive tool for special needs patients.

Introduction: Probiotics are living microorganisms that act on the host-microbiome interface to restore the microbiota's physiological homeostasis. Numerous probiotics have been marketed with inhibitory activity against Streptococcus mutans and consequently with a potential anti-caries effect, mainly of the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, whose main disadvantage is their limited ability to settle in the oral cavity.

Methods: This narrative review describes the main Streptococcus spp.