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Acta Stomatol Croat. 2021 Sep;55(3):308-315. doi: 10.15644/asc55/3/8.

Streptococcus Mutans Infections in Infants and Related Maternal/Child Factors.

Acta stomatologica Croatica

Blerta Latifi-Xhemajli, Aida Rexhepi, Jacques Veronneau, Teuta Kutllovci, Dafina Ahmeti, Shqiprim Bajrami

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo.
  2. Centres Dentaires VĂ©ronneau, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 34658377 PMCID: PMC8514224 DOI: 10.15644/asc55/3/8

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the maternal-child

MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 160 mothers who were paired with their children were recruited. Saliva from mothers and children was collected and

RESULTS: The average age of mothers was 28.1 years and children had a median age of 5.1 months. Paired mother-child

CONCLUSION: Mothers with a high

Keywords: Author keywords: Streptococcus Mutans; Caries Risk Factors; Infant; Infectious Disease Vertical Transmission; MeSH terms: Dental Caries; Transmission of Infection

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests related to this paper.

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