Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) for the identification and quantification of Streptococcus Mutans in saliva and dental biofilm in children

• Main Authors: Gustavo Adolfo Moncada-Cortés (Author), Lorena del Carmen Duperat (Author), Patricia Palma (Author), Gino Corsini (Author), Miguel Neira (Author), Evelyn Reyes (Author), Osmir Batista Oliveira-Junior (Author), Simone Faleiros (Author), Valeria Gordan (Author), Ismael Yévenes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: the objective of this study was to use real-time qPCR to identify and quantify the Streptococcus mutans species in samples of saliva and dental biofilm. Methods: 27 children were randomly chosen with the following criteria: 8 years of age, low socio-economic levels, residing in the nor...