... into 3 groups, comprising: (1) daily probiotic, receiving probiotic milk once daily, (2) triweekly probiotic, randomly receiving probiotic milk 3 days a week and the placebo milk for the remaining 4 days, and (3) placebo, receiving milk without probiotics. Each tooth surface was assessed for caries...

...Qingru Jiang; Veera Kainulainen; Iva Stamatova; Riitta Korpela; Jukka H. Meurman Probiotic administration may favour caries prevention, as recent research has shown. This in vitro study aimed to investigate the growth of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) in experimental biofilms exposed to various...

...Falk Schwendicke; Franziska Korte; Christof E. Dörfer; Susanne Kneist; Karim Fawzy El-Sayed; Sebastian Paris To exert anticaries effects, probiotics are described to inhibit growth and biofilm formation of cariogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans (SM). We screened 8 probiotics and assessed...

...Constanza E. Fernández; Rodrigo A. Giacaman; Livia M. Tenuta; Jaime A. Cury Despite promising results using probiotics, evidence of the preventive effect on enamel demineralization is insufficient and the cariogenic potential of probiotics is still controversial. Probiotics could affect biofilm...

...F. Schwendicke; C. Dörfer; S. Kneist; H. Meyer-Lueckel; S. Paris Probiotic bacteria have been suggested to inhibit Streptococcus mutans (SM) and thus prevent dental caries. However, supporting evidence is weak and probiotic species might be cariogenic themselves. Thus, we compared and combined...

...M. Stensson; G. Koch; S. Coric; T.R. Abrahamsson; M.C. Jenmalm; D. Birkhed; L.-K. Wendt The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect on oral health, at age 9 years, of daily oral supplementation with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri , strain ATCC 55730, to mothers during the last month...

...T. Taipale; K. Pienihäkkinen; P. Alanen; J. Jokela; E. Söderling Probiotic bifidobacteria are widely used in the prevention of childhood diseases. These bacteria are also associated with caries occurrence. The present secondary analysis in a low-caries population evaluated the effect of early...

... of the intervention, subjects received two sessions of professional cleaning, flossing, and application of CHX varnish and rinsed their mouth with a CHX solution between the sessions (2 days). Thereafter, the test group used probiotic lozenges (2/day) containing L. reuteri (DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 5289; 1 × 10 8 CFU...

...I. Ravn; I. Dige; R.L. Meyer; B. Nyvad The aim of this study was to investigate if three probiotic bacteria present in the milk product Cultura Dofilus® naturell could be detected in saliva and on oral mucosal surfaces, and if they colonized dental surfaces in situ in 8 caries-inactive individuals...

...-controlled study, infants (n = 106) received probiotic bacteria (BB-12 group), xylitol (X group), or sorbitol (S group). Test tablets were administered twice a day (from the age of 1-2 months) with a novel slow-release pacifier or a spoon (daily dose of BB-12 10 10 CFU, polyol 200-600 mg). Samples were...

...A. Haukioja; E. Söderling; J. Tenovuo Some probiotic bacterial strains have been suggested to improve oral health. However, lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are associated with the progression of dental caries. The pH fall caused by 14 probiotic and dairy bacterial strains from glucose, lactose...

...M. Matsumoto; M. Tsuji; H. Sasaki; K. Fujita; R. Nomura; K. Nakano; S. Shintani; T. Ooshima Probiotic bacteria such as lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are considered to be non-pathogenic and non-toxigenic on the basis of long years of safe usage. However, some species of lactobacilli are thought...