Lactobacillus plantarum 14D and Reduced Caries Risk

• The effects of probiotics intervention on oral health outcomes: a comprehensive umbrella review of meta-analyses.

  • 2026-03-26
  • Review
  • Frontiers in oral health 7
  • • Zhen Tang
    • Yunzhen Deng
    • Gang Guo
    • LiLi Zhou

  • PubMed: 41969406
  • DOI: 10.3389/froh.2026.1768508

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Caries Risk

  • Low evidence

  Pooled estimates for caries-related outcomes indicated modest reductions (example pooled SMDs reported∼-0.24; 95% CI -0.39 to -0.10 and for Lactobacillus rhamnosus -0.41; 95% CI -0.60 to -0.21).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes