14/10/2022
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ! For this publication, the first author Dr Sheetal Manchanda received the Paul T. Taylor award from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) for the best article published in the Pediatric Dentistry Journal in 2021. The co-authors were Dr Divesh Sardana, Dr Pei Liu, Dr Gillian H.M. Lee, Prof Edward C.M. Lo, and Prof Cynthia K.Y. Yiu.
Below is a short summary of the publication:
๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง?
Dental caries has been considered infectious as well as transmissible. Streptococcus mutans is the primary bacteria causing caries and has been found to be transmitted to a child from various sources. Such transmission occurs through intimate contact, or through saliva-sharing activities like tasting food before feeding, sharing food/utensils/toys/any other item. Mother was thought about as the main source of transmission of bacteria due to the longest time she spends with the child for his care which is called a Vertical route of transmission. But as the children are spending a lot of their childhood days at nursery or school, they share various items as well as caries-causing bacteria. This transmission among children is called the Horizontal route and was studied through our systematic review by identifying similar genotypes of bacteria that cause caries among children. The result of the analysis suggests that children at home or in nursery/schools share similar Streptococcus mutans genotypes that increase their risk of having caries.
This published article is Open to Access and FREE to download through the link below:
https://www.aapd.org/globalassets/media/publications/open-access/s2_e1-e12.pdf
