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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-199X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista odontológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Odont. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-199X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Odontología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-199X2008000400173</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fo.1870199xp.2008.12.4.15624</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asociación entre microorganismos y la capacidad amortiguadora de la saliva con la caries dental de escolares]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Association between microorganisms and salivary buffering capacity with caries in schoolchildren]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Lomelí]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosalva]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calderón Ávila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alicia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zaragoza Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Teresa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz Licea]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno Altamirano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>173</fpage>
<lpage>176</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-199X2008000400173&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-199X2008000400173&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-199X2008000400173&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes La caries dental tiene una etiología multicausal donde intervienen tres factores primarios: huésped, flora bucal y sustrato sobre el que ésta se desarrolla. El propósito de este trabajo fue conocer la asociación entre la presencia de microorganismos y la capacidad amortiguadora de la saliva con la presencia de caries.  Método Se realizó una exploración clínica de la cavidad bucal y se tomó una muestra de saliva en una población de niños de 5 a 13 años de edad de cuatro escuelas primarias privadas de la delegación Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal, México. Se calcularon dos tipos de índices y se desarrollaron tres pruebas microbiológicas.  Resultados La prevalencia de caries fue 86.6%; se encontró un índice de dientes permanentes cariados, perdidos y obturados de 1.3 y un índice de dientes temporales cariados, con extracción indicada y obturados de 2.7; 40% de la población presentó una infección alta por Streptococcus mutans; 35% presentó una infección severa de Lactobacillus sp y 69% presentó una capacidad amortiguadora media.  Conclusiónes Existe una relación entre la presencia de caries y un incremento en el número de colonias de s. mutans y Lactobacillus sp. aunado a una capacidad amortiguadora baja.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background Dental caries has a multifactorial etiology, being the main three factors: host response, oral bacteria and substrate. The objective of this study was to identify the association between the Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus sp counts and salivary buffering capacity with the presence of dental caries in schoolchildren.  Method A clinical examination was carried out and an individual salivary sample was taken from a population of children between 5 and 13 years old of four private elementary schools located in México City (Venustiano Carranza). The CPOD and CEOD index were calculated for permanent teeth and three microbiological tests were carried out.  Results The prevalence for caries was 86.6%; the mean for the CPOD Index was 1.3 and for CEOD was 2.7; 40% of the studied popu lation presented high concentrations of Streptococcus mutans, 35% presented high concentrations of Lactobacillus sp; and 69% presented middle salivary buffering capacity.  Conclusions A strong relationship exists between caries and the increase in s. mutans and Lactobacillus sp. colonies as well as a low salivary buffering capacity.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Caries dental en escolares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[índice CPOD]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[índice CEOD]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Streptococcus mutans]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus sp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[capacidad amortiguadora]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dental caries in schoolchildren]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CPOD index]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CEOD index]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Streptococcus mutans]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus sp]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[salivary buffering capacity]]></kwd>
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