The oral microbiota: dynamic communities and host interactions

RJ Lamont, H Koo, G Hajishengallis - Nature reviews microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The dynamic and polymicrobial oral microbiome is a direct precursor of diseases such as
dental caries and periodontitis, two of the most prevalent microbially induced disorders …

Oral biofilms: pathogens, matrix, and polymicrobial interactions in microenvironments

WH Bowen, RA Burne, H Wu, H Koo - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
Biofilms are microbial communities embedded within an extracellular matrix, forming a
highly organized structure that causes many human infections. Dental caries (tooth decay) is …

How probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics prevent dental caries: an oral microbiota perspective

SC Luo, SM Wei, XT Luo, QQ Yang, KH Wong… - npj Biofilms and …, 2024 - nature.com
Dental caries, a highly prevalent oral disease, impacts a significant portion of the global
population. Conventional approaches that indiscriminately eradicate microbes disrupt the …

The structure of dental plaque microbial communities in the transition from health to dental caries and periodontal disease

AM Valm - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The human oral cavity harbors diverse communities of microbes that live as biofilms: highly
ordered, surface-associated assemblages of microbes embedded in an extracellular matrix …

Early childhood caries: epidemiology, aetiology, and prevention

F Meyer, J Enax - International journal of dentistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most prevalent diseases in children worldwide.
ECC is driven by a dysbiotic state of oral microorganisms mainly caused by a sugar‐rich …

Cross-kingdom interaction between Candida albicans and oral bacteria

Q Du, B Ren, X Zhou, L Zhang, X Xu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Candida albicans is a symbiotic fungus that commonly colonizes on oral mucosal surfaces
and mainly affects immuno-compromised individuals. Polymicrobial interactions between C …

Spatial map** of polymicrobial communities reveals a precise biogeography associated with human dental caries

D Kim, JP Barraza, RA Arthur, A Hara, K Lewis… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Tooth decay (dental caries) is a widespread human disease caused by microbial biofilms.
Streptococcus mutans, a biofilm-former, has been consistently associated with severe …

Metal-based nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics for bacterial rapid detection and control

B Gao, Q Ye, Y Ding, Y Wu, X Zhao, M Deng… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacterial contamination exists in all links of the food industry chain, and bacterial infections
in clinical treatment have become a major problem in the field of global public health …

Oral streptococci: modulators of health and disease

S Bloch, FF Hager-Mair, O Andrukhov… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Streptococci are primary colonizers of the oral cavity where they are ubiquitously present
and an integral part of the commensal oral biofilm microflora. The role oral streptococci play …

Candida albicans and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

J **ao, X Huang, N Alkhers, H Alzamil, S Alzoubi… - Caries …, 2018 - karger.com
Oral Candida albicans has been detected in children with early childhood caries (ECC) and
has demonstrated cariogenic traits in animal models of the disease. Conversely, other …