Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Caries Risk

• Administration of Bifidobacteriumanimalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in Early Childhood: A Post-Trial Effect on Caries Occurrence at Four Years of Age

  • 2014-06-27
  • RCT · n = 106
  • Caries Research 47(5)
  • • T. Taipale
    • K. Pienihäkkinen
    • P. Alanen
    • J. Jokela
    • E. Söderling

  • PubMed: 23571819
  • DOI: 10.1159/000348424

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Caries Risk

  • High evidence

  The occurrence of caries was associated with daily consumption of sweet drinks (p = 0.028), visible plaque observed (p = 0.002) and MS detected in the dental plaque (p = 0.002).

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes