DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION OF STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS AMONG CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS |
Hee-Jeong Song, Jea-Gon Kim, Yeon-Mi Yang, Byeong-Ju Baik, Mi-Ah Kim, Hae-Kyoung Jeong |
Department of Pediatric dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, School of Dentistry, Chonbuk National University |
어린이와 어머니의 Streptococcus mutans 분포와 전이 |
송희정, 김재곤, 양연미, 백병주, 김미아, 정해경 |
전북대학교 치의학전문대학원 소아치과학교실 및 구강생체과학연구소 |
Correspondence:
Jea-Gon Kim, Tel: 063-250-2128, Email: pedodent@chonbuk.ac.kr |
Received: 31 December 2010 • Accepted: 31 January 2011 |
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Abstract |
Recently, the number of multi-cultural families have been on the rise for years in Korea. Although social concerns are on the increase, there is still no basic data of their oral health state. In this study, we examined the caries prevalence of mother-child pairs from some korean families and multi-cultural families, and collected some saliva from them. We evaluated Streptococcus mutans level and investigated the serotype distribution of Streptococcus mutans of them to confirm the transmission in mother-child pairs. As a results, to the Korean families, the percentages of serotype c, e, f, k were 95%, 10%, 10%, and 10%. And to the multi-cultural families, the percentages of serotype c, e, f, k were 68.8%, 31.25%, 43,75%, 18.8%. But, there is no significant relationship between the number of serotype per person, caries prevalence, and Streptococcus mutans level(p>0.05). In conclusion, there are differences of serotype distribution of Streptococcus mutans between the two families. Nevertheless, matching rate of more than one serotype between mother and their child was high (92.86%). So, vertical transmission of Streptococcus mutans in mother-child pairs could be demonstrated. |
Key Words:
Streptococcus mutans, Transmission, Serotype, Multi-cltural family |
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