Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Reduced Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Levels

• Probiotics Enhance Bone Density and Reduce Inflammation Postalveolar Surgery.

  • 2025-10
  • RCT · n = 80
  • International dental journal 75(5)
  • • Dongjie Fu
    • Xiaoxiang He
    • Jian Lu
    • Ting Du

  • PubMed: 40614466
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2025.100881

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Proinflammatory cytokines were significantly reduced (IL-1β: -18.5%; TNF-α: -22.1%; IL-6: -14.7%, P < .05)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  10^10 CFU/d