The aim of the current study was to investigate the anticariogenic potential of the (sub)fractions obtained from the edible mushroom shiitake (Lentinula edodes) in in vitro caries model. We used a modified constant depth film fermentor (CDFF) with pooled saliva as the inoculum and bovine dentin as a substratum. The test compounds were low molecular weight fraction (MLMW) of the shiitake extract...

Objective: To evaluate the anticariogenic effect of dandelion extract against different oral pathogenic clinical isolates. Methods: In the present study, we evaluated the antimicrobial effect of dandelion against oral pathogens by the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration. Clinical isolates such as Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sali...

9, 10 significantly less than from sucrose. normally sucrose lowers the pH below 5.0 whereas lactose lowers it to around 6.0. With some individual variations, pH lower than 5.5 is hazardous to tooth enamel and lower than 6.2 to root tissues. Thus under normal conditions the carbohydrate content of milk confers a low cariogenic potential to milk and dairy products. Further, drinking milk or chew...

Recent questions about the effectiveness of water fluoridation have come from Diesendorf in Australia and Colquhoun in New Zealand. This report examines the arguments of both authors in detail and finds errors in each. Diesendorf employed an outdated view of how fluoride exerts its anticariogenic action and took a number of quotations out of context. Colquhoun's data are questionable. Neither a...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the synergistic effect of Quercitrin and Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) together with their individual inhibitory effect against virulence pathways of Streptococcus mutans. METHODOLOGY MICs of both the compounds were determined by the microdilution method, followed by their in vitrosynergy using checkerboard and time kill assay. The nature of interaction was classified as syner...