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Prevalence of Streptococcus mutans Serotypes, Actinomyces, and Other Bacteria in the Plaque of Children

L.A. Thomson

National Caries Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

W.A. Little

National Caries Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

W.H. Bowen

National Caries Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

L.I. Sierra

University of Anioquia, Medallon, Colombia

M. Aguirrer

The Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C.

G. Gillespie

National Caries Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Selected microbial components in dental plaque were determined for children in Biddeford, Maine and Colombia, South America. Using cultural methods, Streptococcus mutans was detected in 51.4% of the Colombian children and 63.3% of the Maine children. Serotype c was predominant in both populations. The greatest difference between the two groups occurred with serotypes d and g which were present in 25% of the Colombian children with S. mutans and were not detected in the Maine children. In the specimens examined with specific FA conjugates, Actinomyces was the predominant genus, present in all individuals and comprising an average of 52% of all cells.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 59, No. 10, 1581-1589 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345800590100501
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