Dentocult®SM Strip mutans
Monitors infection with bacteria causing caries
Mutans streptococci are today considered the primary bacterial cause of caries. Their presence or, even more so, their absence is a strong indicator of, respectively, high or low susceptibility to caries.
Now it is also standard knowledge that these bacteria are transmissible. As their existence in the mouth requires the presence of teeth, mutans streptococci are often transferred by mothers to their 1 to 3 year-old children.
Once the teeth are colonized with mutans streptococci, there is always a risk of intraoral reinfection, even after successful antimicrobial treatment.
With Dentocult® SM Strip mutans, mutans streptococci are selectively enriched on two kinds of plastic strips that have been treated to simulate the tooth surface. Dentocult® SM Screening Strips are useful in identifying patients with mutans streptococci. The test kit's Site Strips provide more detailed information on the caries activity in progress in the patient's mouth or on a particular tooth surface. This knowledge helps the dentist design treatment strategies and individual preventive care for patients of all ages and in all situations.
Diagnostics of dental plaque and specific surfaces can be carried out in a general dental office only with the Dentocult® SM Site Strips. This makes the Dentocult® SM Strip method unique.
Dentocult®LB
Information on dietary habits
Lactobacilli thrive in acidic conditions. They are often detected in the oral cavity after mutans streptococcal infection, once bacterial metabolites have formed cavities on the tooth surface, as a redult of frequent carbohydrate intake. An ecological niche for the prevalence of Lactobacilli has been created.
Monitoring of Lactobacilli with Dentocult® LB gives information on circumstances presenting the risk of caries formation. Dentocult® LB also provides information on the patient's dietary habits, the number of Lactobacilli reflect food intake frequency.
Dentocult® CA
Test for oral soft tissue
In stable health conditions, Candida albicans will colonise the oral cavity in small amount.
If the immune system is suppressed or undeveloped, Candida albicans may multiply and cause lesions in the soft tissue. The presence of Candida thus reflects the general host immune response. Patients with partial or full dentures with denture stomatitis often suffer from Candida albicans infection, indicating suppression of the local immune system.
The Dentocult® test indicates excessive presence of Candida albicans as brown colonies.
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