Streptococcus Mutans Adhesin Biotypes that Match and Predict Individual Caries Development

Dental caries, which affects billions of people, is a chronic infectious disease that involves Streptococcus mutans, which is nevertheless a poor predictor of individual caries development. We therefore investigated if adhesin types of S.mutans with sucrose-independent adhesion to host DMBT1 (i.e. S...

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Published in:	EBioMedicine
Main Authors:	Anders Esberg, Nongfei Sheng, Lena Mårell, Rolf Claesson, Karina Persson, Thomas Borén, Nicklas Strömberg
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-10-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus mutans Dental caries Chronic infections Virulence SpaP Adhesion
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235239641730381X