Rabia Asad, Khizar Aftab Ali Khan, Tayyaba Javed, Muhammad Bilal Arshad, Ahmed Chaudhary, Ayaz Ali Khan.
Effect of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment on Streptococcus mutans Count in Saliva of Pregnant Women: ARandomized Controlled Trial.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;24(4):957-60.

Background: Oral environment stabilization (OES) procedure in literature includes filling of the carious lesions & extraction of effected teeth. This study was aimed to observe the effects of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) on Streptococcus mutans count in saliva of pregnant women. Methods: Atotal of 64 pregnant women diagnosed with at least 3 untreated carious teeth were enrolled and randomly allocated in to study and control groups. Saliva samples were taken from both study and control groups at baseline and follow-up visits. Results: ARTwas given to the study group only and a statistically significant reduction was found in Salivary streptococcus mutans count (p<0.001) after this treatment in the study group when compared with the controls.Conclusion: ARTis an effective intervention and oral environment stabilization procedure in reducing salivary streptococcus mutans count in pregnant women that will also minimize the vertical transmission.

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