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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Recuento de Streptococcus mutans en muestras de biofilm sobre dientes restaurados con resina compuesta oclusal versus dientes sanos mediante el método de cubeta

Sieber Carrasco, Carolina Verónica January 2012 (has links)
Trabajo de Investigación Requisito para optar al Título de Cirujano Dentista / Introducción: Determinar el riesgo cariogénico del paciente es un requisito fundamental para efectuar un adecuado diagnóstico de salud bucal. Establecer el recuento de Streptococcus mutans (S.mutans) sobre piezas dentarias puede permitir identificar el nivel de riesgo microbiológico en desarrollar caries, y en el caso de piezas restauradas, caries secundarias, principal causa de fallas de restauraciones, evitando el futuro recambio de ellas. Conocer la colonización de microbiota cariogénica en restauraciones dentarias y dientes sanos, podría ser un aspecto a considerar en las decisiones de tratamiento, posibilitando la selección de un material de obturación y medidas preventivas, ajustada con el riesgo cariogénico local y propio de cada paciente. Material y Método: Se seleccionaron 69 pacientes de la clínica de Operatoria 4to año de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Chile durante el período de septiembre a diciembre del año 2011. En cada uno de ellos se tomó una muestra de placa bacteriana dental de una pieza posterior sana y una restaurada por oclusal con resina compuesta utilizando la técnica de cubeta. Este método consiste en una impresión directa sobre las superficies oclusales de restauraciones, mediante una cubetilla de flúor gel modificada cargada con agar TYCSB. Las cubetas se incubaron en estufa a 37°C por 48 horas, para posteriormente proceder al recuento bacteriano. 2 Resultados: Mediante el método de la cubeta se logró aislar Unidades Formadoras de Colonias (UFC) de S. mutans en dientes con resina compuesta oclusal y en piezas sanas en un 95,6% de las muestras. Se observó una diferencia estadísticamente significativa (p <0,05) donde las muestras de biofilm de placa bacteriana depositada sobre las restauraciones de resina presentaban mayor cantidad de UFC/cm2 que las superficie de piezas sanas. Conclusiones: A partir de muestras de placa bacteriana dental obtenidas mediante la técnica de cubeta existen diferencias significativas en el recuento de S. mutans entre dientes con resina compuesta oclusal y dientes permanentes sanos, siendo mayor en las que presentaban resina compuesta.
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Efecto del tratamiento rehabilitador integral de caries temprana de la infancia en los niveles de Streptococcus mutans salivales de niños atendidos en la Clínica de Odontopediatría de la Escuela de Graduados de la Universidad de Chile

Ciampi Díaz, Nicole January 2013 (has links)
Trabajo de Investigación Requisito para optar al Título de Cirujano Dentista / Introducción: La caries temprana de la infancia (CTI) es una enfermedad dietobacteriana, siendo Streptococcus mutans (S.mutans) el principal patógeno asociado. Afecta a niños menores de 6 años, generando destrucción y dolor, siendo necesario un tratamiento que controle los factores de riesgo relacionados y recupere el tejido dañado. En Chile, no existen estudios que evalúen el impacto de un tratamiento rehabilitador integral en la microbiota oral de niños con CTI. Objetivo: Determinar el efecto del tratamiento rehabilitador integral de CTI en los niveles de Streptococcus mutans en niños tratados en la Clínica de Odontopediatría de la Escuela de Graduados de la Universidad de Chile Materiales y Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo observacional. Se analizaron 89 fichas clínicas de pacientes diagnosticados con CTI rehabilitados integralmente en el posgrado de Odontopediatría de la Universidad de Chile, las cuales registraban el recuento de S.mutans salival antes de iniciar el tratamiento, después del tratamiento preventivo y después del tratamiento rehabilitador. Se analizaron las diferencias entre los niveles de S.mutans de manera cuantitativa y según categorías (riesgo bajo, moderado o alto), durante las distintas etapas del tratamiento. Se analizaron también otras variables como tipo de material restaurador, edad e índice ceod. Resultados: Durante el análisis cuantitativo, se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas al comparar las concentraciones de S.mutans salival inicial con las concentraciones luego del tratamiento preventivo (4,7±1,03 log UFC/ml vs 4,2 ± 0,96 log UFC/ml p<0,05) y luego del tratamiento rehabilitador (4,7±1,03 log UFC/ml vs 3,74 ± 0,88 log UFC/ml p<0,05), así como al comparar las concentraciones después del tratamiento preventivo con las posteriores al tratamiento rehabilitador (4,2 ± 0,96 log UFC/ml vs 3,74 ± 0,88 log UFC/ml p<0,05). Durante el análisis por categorías, sólo se encontraron diferencias significativas entre las concentraciones previas y después de ambos tratamientos, sin encontrar diferencias entre ambos tratamientos. No hubo diferencias al analizar las variaciones según categorías con el tipo de material restaurador, edad ni índice ceod. Conclusión: El tratamiento rehabilitador integral produce una reducción significativa en la concentración de S.mutans salival tanto en la etapa preventiva como en la etapa rehabilitadora.
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Purification and characterisation of starch metabolizing enzymes from streptococcus sanguis 1MC 204

Boguo, Benjamin Liandja 16 August 2016 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of science Johannesburg. 1996 / An attempt has been made to purify and isolate a starch endo-hydrolase enzyme produced by Streptococcus sanguis, an organism that may be implicated in dental caries. In order to isolate the enzyme by affinity binding,& chemically modified amylopectin Was prepared, similar to the preparation of chromogenic substrate for the assay of a-arnylase, but without dye. The amylopectin was treated with 10 percent ammonium sulphate at 55°C for 45 minutes. A crude enzyme extract was prepared from concentrated culture medium and by precipitation with 60 percent ammonium sulphate. The concentrated culture medium was added to the modified amylopectin substrate and the mixture was incubate for 30 minutes at 37'C and centrifuged. The precipitate was resuspended in 20 mM bepes buffer pH 6.5 which contained 0.02 M KCI to release the enzyme from the enzyme-substrate complex. The suspension was tested for enzyme activity and the presence of proteins, More than 50 percent of the yield of the enzyme was achieved by this process, after three assays, from both crude enzyme extracts and enzyme serum samples. A 5.2 fold purification was obtained from the extraction process of the crude enzyme extract and a protective enzyme activity effect was noticed in the presence of ammonium sulphate. The analytical methods selected for the activity assay were mainly used for the activity evaluation of a-amylases and carbohydrate hydrolysing enzymes. The result showed carbohydrate interference. The isolation method proved sensitive and highly specific for the isolation of a starch metabolizing enzyme produced from Streptococcus sanguis 1MC 204. The purification of the enzyme by gel filtration and its characterization by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that this enzyme was a glycoprotein . SDS-PAGE was performed with mucin and heparin in the. presence of other. proteins as markers, and stained with the periodic acid- aldan prestained silver method. This gave one transparent-band around the phosphorylase b marker and four other more slowly running clear bands. Further, the comparison of scans of several proteins and glycoproteins with the scan of the eluted sample of the amylopectin extracted enzyme showed a similarity with the UV scan of mucin and confirmed that the enzyme was a glycoprotein. It may be further characterized by selecting methods that take into account the ambohydrate content of the protein and by eliminating the carbohydrate interference in the assays. 3
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Effect of anticipatory guidance on the presence of cariogenic bacteria in preschool children

Lekic, Nikola 15 August 2014 (has links)
Objectives: This study was designed to address whether or not the level (high or low) of Streptococcus mutans in the saliva of preschool children can be used as an indicator of caries risk. Material and Methods: Levels of Streptococcus mutans was assessed in saliva of 100 preschool children, before and approximately 6-months after receiving a health promotion intervention known as anticipatory guidance. The S. mutans bacterial level was assessed using an immunoassay system (Saliva-Check MUTANS) based on monoclonal antibody technology. Bacterial counts were determined at baseline as well as at a six month recall examination. Obtained data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0 for Windows to report frequencies and to look for trends and associations between the dependent and independent variables. Bivariate analysis (ANOVA, Chi Square/Fishers/McNemar exact test) was used to identify associations between variables. Results: The main finding of this study was that higher levels of Streptococcus mutans were associated with higher caries prevalence at baseline, and caries incidence at follow-up. Furthermore following anticipatory guidance, the levels of Streptococcus mutans were reduced at the subsequent follow-up examination, approaching but not reaching statistical significance, and caries incidence was significantly lower in subjects demonstrating low Streptococcus mutans levels. Conclusions: Results from this study have shown that anticipatory guidance, offered to caregivers and children at an initial examination, led to a statistically non-significant reduction in the proportion of children with high Streptococcus mutans levels upon recall six mothers later. Children with low Streptococcus mutans levels were also less likely to develop new dental caries. These findings suggest that Streptococcus Mutans counts could be used to assess caries risk and encourages clinicians to provide anticipatory guidance to their patients to help avoid the development of new caries.
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Acid tolerance of Streptococcus mutans biofilms /

Neilands, Jessica. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Malmö University, Sweden, 2007. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on World Wide Web.
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A prospective study of the transmission of bacteriocin-typed Streptococcus mutans in humans

Mehlisch, David F. January 1978 (has links)
Thesis (DR. P.H.)--University of Michigan.
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A prospective study of the transmission of bacteriocin-typed Streptococcus mutans in humans

Mehlisch, David F. January 1978 (has links)
Thesis (DR. P.H.)--University of Michigan.
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Studies of naturally-occuring antibodies to mutans stretococci in humans

Camling, Elisabeth. January 1991 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Göteborg, 1991. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.
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Chemotherapy against streptococcus mutans chemotherapie tegen Streptococcus mutans /

Schaeken, Mathias Joseph Maria, January 1984 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Nijmegen, 1984.
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Vergleichende Untersuchung zur Kariogenität zweier Streptococcus mutans-Stämme in konventionellen Tierversuch

Nordbruch, Wolfgang, January 1979 (has links)
Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Hamburg, 1979.

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