| dc.creator | Linossier C,Alfredo | |
| dc.creator | Vargas D,Alex | |
| dc.creator | Zillmann G,Gisela | |
| dc.creator | Arriagada R,Moisés | |
| dc.creator | Rojas A,Robinson | |
| dc.creator | Villegas R,Rodrigo | |
| dc.date | 2003-04-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T15:33:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T15:33:29Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000400009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/130792 | |
| dc.description | Background: Salivary infection due to Streptococci mutans is considered the main microbiological risk factor for the initiation of dental caries. Aim: To evaluate a semi-quantitative method to assess Streptococci mutans salivary infection and compare it with the existing quantitative method. Patient and methods: Saliva samples were obtained from 650 pre-school children aged 2 to 6 years old using a TYCSB liquid medium for counting Streptococci mutans. Results were compared with quantitative cultures. Results: There was a 99.3% linear correlation coefficient between both methods. The correlation coefficients with dental caries prevalence were 97% for the semi quantitative method and 90% for the quantitative method. Conclusions: The semi-quantitative method to assess oral infection with Streptococci mutans, is accurate enough to be used in population studies and oral infection prevention programs in developing countries (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 412-8). | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0034-98872003000400009 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.131 n.4 2003 | |
| dc.subject | Dental caries | |
| dc.subject | Oral hygiene index | |
| dc.title | Streptococci mutans: Método semi- cuantitativo para establecer el rango de riesgo de infección bucal en niños preescolares chilenos | |
