Evaluation of Chair-Side Assays in High Microbiological Caries-Risk Subjects

Brazilian Dental Journal

Marta Estela Saravia¹  Lea Assed Bezerra Silva¹  Raquel Assed Bezerra Silva¹  Marília Pacífico Lucisano¹  Andrea Uribe Echevarría¹  Jorge Uribe Echevarría¹  Paulo Nelson-filho¹ 

关键词: Streptococcus mutans;    caries risk assessment;    Saliva-Check Mutans;    ClinproTM Cario L-PopTM;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0103-6440201300389

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to evaluate the commercial chair-side assays Saliva-Check Mutans and ClinproTM Cario L-PopTM in high microbiological caries-risk dental students compared with conventional semi-quantitative colony counting culture-based technique as the reference method. Saliva samples from 93 subjects of both sexes aged 18-26 years were seeded (Köhler and Bratthall method) on plates containing SB-20M culture medium method and 12 subjects with high caries risk were selected. These 12 individuals were subjected to determination of caries risk using two commercial rapid detection chair-side assays (Saliva-Check Mutans and ClinproTM Cario L-PopTM) according to the manufacturers' instructions. The results were analyzed by the Kappa correlation test using SAS statistical software. There was a perfect agreement (Kappa=1) among the three caries risk evaluation methods - chair-side assays and semi-quantitative CFU count (control) - in all subjects. The results suggest that the commercial chair-side assays evaluated in this study may be practical and useful to identify high microbiological caries-risk subjects.

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