Detection of Streptococcus mutans in symptomatic and asymptomatic infected root canals.
Augusto Rodrigues LimaDaniel Rodrigo HerreraPriscila Amanda FranciscoAndrea Cardoso PereiraJose LemosJacqueline AbranchesBrenda Paula Figueiredo de Almeida GomesPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2020)
A high prevalence of Streptococcus mutans cnm+ gene was detected only in asymptomatic primary endodontic infections associated with apical lesion. Therefore, it appears that this collagen-binding protein gene plays an underestimated role in asymptomatic/chronic endodontic infections.