Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Oral Health of Patients Treated with Acrylic Partial Dentures Using a Toothpaste Containing Bee Product

Table 5

The changes of oral microflora from patients, who used toothpaste with EEP and TTO (study group, A) or without EEP and TTO (control group, C).


Changes of microorganisms species after 28 days of study	Study group (A)	Control group (C)

Eliminated species	Gram(+) anaerobic bacteria
	Actinomyces viscosus Actinomyces israelii Atopobium parvulum Bifidobacterium ovatus Clostridium botulinum Eubacterium saburreum Lactobacillus acidophilus Lactobacillus fermentum Propionibacterium granulosum	Clostridium sporogenes Eubacterium saburreum Lactobacillus fermentum
	Gram(−) anaerobic bacteria
	Bacteroides uniformis Parabacteroides dystasonis	Bacteroides ovatus Fusobacterium mortiferum Prevotella oralis
	Gram(+) aerobic bacteria
	Staphylococcus epidermidis MSCNS	Staphylococcus aureus MSSA
	Gram(−) aerobic bacteria
	Acinetobacter freundii Burkholderia cepacia Neisseria sicca	—

Declined species	Gram(+) anaerobic bacteria
	Bifidobacterium adolescentis	Blautia producta Clostridium clostridiforme Lactobacillus acidophilus
	Gram(−) anaerobic bacteria
	Veillonella parvula	Capnocytophaga ochracea
	Gram(+) aerobic bacteria
	Streptococcus salivarius Streptococcus sanguinis	Streptococcus sanguinis
	Fungi
	Candida albicans	—

Gained species	Gram(+) anaerobic bacteria
	Atopobium minutum Clostridium butyricum	Bifidobacterium dentium Bifidobacterium ovatus Clostridium chauvoei Gemella morbillorum Propionibacterium propionicum
	Gram(−) anaerobic bacteria
	Capnocytophaga ochracea Prevotella melaninogenica	Veillonella parvula
	Gram(+) aerobic bacteria
	Micrococcus spp. Streptococcus oralis	Streptococcus mutans
	Gram(−) aerobic bacteria
	Providiencia rustigiani Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	Neisseria sicca

Increased species	Gram(+) anaerobic bacteria
	Blautia producta	Actinomyces israeli Actinomyces naeslundii
	Gram(−) anaerobic bacteria
	Mitsuokella multiacida	Campylobacter gracilis
	Gram(+) aerobic bacteria
	Staphylococcus aureus MSSA	Streptococcus mitis Streptococcus salivarius
	Gram(−) aerobic bacteria
	Neisseria subflava	Neisseria subflava Escherichia coli
	Fungi
	—	Candida albicans