Streptococcus mutans

mouth and some of them actively produce toxins to kill the pathogens. Most of the bacteria’s are harmless, some bacteria’s are probiotics and some bacteria aid in the digestion of food. So there are both good and bad bacteria’s in our mouth. Streptococcus mutans is one of the harmful bacteria which is responsible for tooth decay. When the pH of our saliva decreases it makes our mouth acidic this is when acid tolerant bacteria S.Mutans starts to…

A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF ALOE VERA , SESAME OIL AND TEA TREE OIL AGAINST E. faecalis - AN IN-VITRO STUDY” INTRODUCTION Medical microbiology entered a new era towards the end of the nineteenth century. It was during these golden years that path-breaking work of Pasteur, Koch and others in the development of broth and agar media led to the ability to grow a majority of pathogenic micro-organisms which were deemed uncultivable…

acids that will eat away the enamel and produce cavities. Xylitol, a natural sweetener from fibrous parts of plants, does not break down like sucrose. It helps prevent bacteria from sticking to teeth, slowing down tooth decay. The bacteria (Streptococcus mutans) cannot utilize xylitol to grow. Over time with xylitol use, the quality of the bacteria in the mouth changes and fewer and fewer decay-causing bacteria survive on the tooth’s surfaces. Xylitol prevents the acid attack that would normally…