similarity of the oral microbiota of pre-school children with that of their caregivers in a population-based study. | this study evaluated the similarity between the oral microbiota of young children and that of their adult caregivers. oral samples from children (174 dentate and 18 pre-dentate) aged 6-36 months and their caregivers in saipan were assayed using a dna probe assay. many species including streptococcus mutans, streptococcus sobrinus, actinomyces species, campylobacter rectus, fusobacterium nucleatum, prevotella intermedia, and porphyromonas gingivalis were detected in dentate and pre-dentate childr ... | 2002 | 12485330 |