The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health

JL Baker, JL Mark Welch, KM Kauffman… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The human oral microbiota is highly diverse and has a complex ecology, comprising
bacteria, microeukaryotes, archaea and viruses. These communities have elaborate and …

Dental caries and their microbiomes in children: what do we do now?

AA Ribeiro, BJ Paster - Journal of oral microbiology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The oral cavity is an unique ecosystem formed by different structures, tissues, and a complex
microbial community formed by hundreds of different species of bacteria, fungi, viruses …

Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans, antioxidant property and cytotoxicity of novel nano-zinc oxide varnish

MD Barma, I Muthupandiyan, SR Samuel… - Archives of oral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Zinc is a potent antimicrobial against cariogenic bacteria and effective anti-plaque
agent. The present study investigated the efficacy of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) …

Role of saliva and salivary diagnostics in the advancement of oral health

C Dawes, DTW Wong - Journal of dental research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of this article was to provide an account of some of the developments related
to saliva over the first 100 years of the Journal of Dental Research and to outline some of the …

Deep metagenomics examines the oral microbiome during dental caries, revealing novel taxa and co-occurrences with host molecules

JL Baker, JT Morton, M Dinis, R Alvarez… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Dental caries, the most common chronic infectious disease worldwide, has a complex
etiology involving the interplay of microbial and host factors that are not completely …

Multifunctional dental composite with piezoelectric nanofillers for combined antibacterial and mineralization effects

C Montoya, A Jain, JJ Londoño, S Correa… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
After nearly seven decades of development, dental composite restorations continue to show
limited clinical service. The triggering point for restoration failure is the degradation of the …

Targeting S. mutans biofilms: a perspective on preventing dental caries

AM Scharnow, AE Solinski, WM Wuest - Medchemcomm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The prevalence of biofilm diseases, and dental caries in particular, have encouraged
extensive research on S. mutans biofilms, including methods of preventing its formation …

Synchrotron X-ray studies of the structural and functional hierarchies in mineralised human dental enamel: A state-of-the-art review

C Besnard, A Marie, S Sasidharan, RA Harper… - Dentistry Journal, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hard dental tissues possess a complex hierarchical structure that is particularly evident in
enamel, the most mineralised substance in the human body. Its complex and interlinked …

Isolation and identification of potentially pathogenic microorganisms associated with dental caries in human teeth biofilms

X Chen, EBM Daliri, R Chelliah, DH Oh - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dental caries is attributed to the predominance of cariogenic microorganisms. Cariogenic
microorganisms are pathological factors leading to acidification of the oral …

The evolutionary history of the human oral microbiota and its implications for modern health

LS Weyrich - Periodontology 2000, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous biological and cultural factors influence the microbial communities (microbiota)
that inhabit the human mouth, including diet, environment, hygiene, physiology, health …