Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Streptococcus Mutans Levels

• Clinical Applications of Probiotics in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics-A Systematic Review.

  • 2025-10-03
  • Systematic Review
  • Nutrients 17(19)
  • • Lucia Giannini
    • Giovanna Stella
    • Giovanni Cattaneo
    • Gianna Dipalma
    • Cinzia Maspero

  • PubMed: 41097230
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17193153

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Streptococcus Mutans Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  The most observed effect is the reduction in Streptococcus mutans levels

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

• The role of probiotics in preventing dental caries: a systematic review of clinical evidence.

  • 2025-12-02
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in oral health 6
  • • Alessio Danilo Inchingolo
    • Angelo Michele Inchingolo
    • Irene Palumbo
    • Mariafrancesca Guglielmo
    • Lilla Riccaldo
    • Roberta Morolla
    • Francesco Inchingolo
    • Andrea Palermo
    • Gianna Dipalma

  • PubMed: 41409473
  • DOI: 10.3389/froh.2025.1720036

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Streptococcus Mutans Levels

  • High evidence

  Most clinical trials reported a significant reduction in Streptococcus mutans levels following administration of probiotic strains, particularly Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and Bifidobacterium lactis.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes