Streptococcus salivarius M18 and Reduced Formation of Dental Plaque

• A Three-Month Probiotic (the Streptococcus salivarius M18 Strain) Supplementation Decreases Gingival Bleeding and Plaque Accumulation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

  • 2024-07-18
  • RCT · n = 60
  • Dentistry journal 12(7)
  • • Ksenia Babina
    • Dilara Salikhova
    • Irina Makeeva
    • Alexandr Zaytsev
    • Inna Sokhova
    • Sevil Musaeva
    • Maria Polyakova
    • Nina Novozhilova

  • PubMed: 39057009
  • DOI: 10.3390/dj12070222

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Formation of Dental Plaque

  • High evidence

  a significant reduction in dental plaque accumulation at 2 months (effect size 0.63 [CI95%: 0.12-1.14]) and 3 months (effect size 0.55 [CI95%: 0.03-1.05])

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes