Table 2 Score distribution for the 15 bacterial strains obtained by the Checkerboard DNA-DNA Hybridization technique in the mothers, 4- to 6-year-old (C 4-6 ) and 12- to 16-year-old (C 12-16 ) children
From: Supragingival plaque microbial analysis in reflection to caries experience
Bacterial Strains | Checkerboard scores | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers | C4-6 | C2–16 | |||||||||||||
n = 86 | n = 86 | n = 86 | |||||||||||||
≤1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ≤1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ≤1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
S. mutans | 77 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. sobrinus | 6 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. sanguinis | 17 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
S. salivarius | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. gordonii | 67 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
S. mitis | 72 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. casei | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. fermentum | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. salivarius | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. odontolyticus | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. oris | 55 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
V. parvula | 56 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
R.dentocariosa | 74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. dentium | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. micra | 20 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 1 |