Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Oral Colonization by Mutans Streptococci

• Bifidobacteriumanimalis subsp. lactis BB-12 Administration in Early Childhood: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Effects on Oral Colonization by Mutans Streptococci and the Probiotic

  • 2012-08-13
  • RCT · n = 106
  • Caries Research 46(1)
  • • T. Taipale
    • K. Pienihäkkinen
    • S. Salminen
    • J. Jokela
    • E. Söderling

  • PubMed: 22327347
  • DOI: 10.1159/000335567

  4 Insights on

  • Oral Colonization by Mutans Streptococci

  • High evidence

  MS colonization percentages of the children at the age of 2 years were rather low (BB-12 group: 6%; X group: 31%; S group: 10%; p < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes