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ReviewJournal of oral biology and craniofacial research

Genotypic diversity of Streptococcus mutans in children with and without early childhood caries- A systematic review.

Dhanalakshmi Ravikumar, Pratibha Ramani, R Gayathri

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Review in Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. 3 Biotech · 2025
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  6. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization ofIranian journal of microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dhanalakshmi RavikumarSaveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
Pratibha RamaniDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
R GayathriDepartment of Biochemistry, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
Saveetha University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveGenotypic diversity and polymorphism of Streptococcus mutans remain as a topic of interest, as this provides a satisfactory explanation for the contrasting caries status in people harboring Sterptococcus mutans. This systematic review aimed to analyze and appraise Genomic diversity of Streptococcus mutans and its relationship in Early Childhood Caries.

methodsA literature search was conducted until August 2020 using PubMed, Cochrane central, SIGLE using search keywords and MeSH headings include "Early Childhood caries", "Streptococcus mutans" and "Genotypic diversity". Apart from the aforementioned electric search, manual search was also done. The retrieved papers were assessed by three review authors and the disagreements were discussed and the final decision was made by consensus. Qualities of the included studies were assessed and data were extracted for analysis.

resultsA total of 4081 papers were retrieved for screening after the removal of duplicate articles. Among the retrieved studies, 4074 papers did not satisfy the study inclusion criteria. Finally, those 7 papers which fulfilled all the inclusion criteria were selected and reviewed systematically.

conclusionGenetic polymorphism and genetic mutation exist in S.mutans strain and the missense mutation varies between children with and without Early Childhood caries. The number of genotypes of S.mutans varies between caries active and caries-free children. Due to the lack of adequate studies on gene mutations for direct comparison, further studies are needed to evaluate these gene mutation and its diversities to draw a definitive conclusion.

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Early childhood cariesGene mutationGenotypic diversityStreptococcus mutans

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PMID33816099
PMCPMC8010460
OpenAlexW3139162457

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