Tongue Microbiota Composition and Dental Caries Experience in Primary School Children

Dental caries is now considered to be caused by acids produced by the overall dental plaque microbiota rather than by specific pathogens. This study focused on the relationship between dental caries experience and the variations in tongue microbiota, which is adjacent but separate from th...

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Main Authors: Daixi Zhang, Toru Takeshita, Michiko Furuta, Shinya Kageyama, Mikari Asakawa, Koki Nambu, Yoshihisa Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-04-01
Series:mSphere
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.01252-20