Late Established Mutans Streptococci in Children over 3 Years Old

• Main Authors: Mitsugi Okada (Author), Yoshiko Taniguchi (Author), Fumiko Hayashi (Author), Takako Doi (Author), Junji Suzuki (Author), Motoyuki Sugai (Author), Katsuyuki Kozai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acquisition of mutans streptococci has been reported to most commonly occur at approximately 26 months of age. In the present study, we detected Streptococcus mutans and S. sobrinus using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays in children, then re-examined the subjects to determine the time of acqui...