Lack of Association between Halitosis and the Presence of Streptococcus mutans in Saliva
Jannan Ghapanchi, Fereshteh Kamali, Zahra Jalaly, Hooman Ebrahimi, Abdollah Bazargani, Sara Poor Shahidi & Mehrdad Vossoughi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015
Background: Streptococcus mutans is a Gram-positive bacteria which plays a major role in tooth decay. S. mutans is among the bacterial agents that initiate biofilm formation on the tooth surface and other bacteria will added then to the attached bacteria to make dental plaque. So...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19571