Unstimulated salivary flow and oral streptococci in pediatric patients with hematological tumors: A longitudinal study.
Elza Cristina Farias de AraújoRaphael Cavalcante CostaIsabella Lima Arrais RibeiroLeopoldina de Fátima Dantas de AlmeidaEliane Batista de Medeiros SerpaAna Maria Gondim ValençaPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2021)
Chemotherapy may promote a specific increase of mutans-group streptococci without changing the Streptococcus spp. load and unstimulated saliva flow. Correlation reinforced the need for further enlightenment about the chemotherapy mechanisms in the salivary and microbiological parameters.