Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that beneficially affect the host. Probiotic bacteria have been used therapeutically for years to target gastrointestinal disease by rebalancing the complex microflora. Besides the gastrointestinal tract also the oral cavity is highly colonized by bacteria and many different bacterial species are part of the microbiota in the mouth, as it offers ide...

Objectives Periodontal diseases are one of the common oral diseases and microbial oral flora is one major factor responsible for it. Elimination of periodontal pathogens is particularly important in managing the periodontal state. This study aimed to assess the antibacterial effects of Nanosil, chlorhexidine (CHX) and probiotic mouthwashes on periodontal pathogens. Methods In this in-vitro stu...

The concept of microbial ecological change as a mechanism for preventing dental diseases is an important one while altered microbial ecology may also lead to dental diseases. New methods such as probiotic approaches to eliminate pathogenic members of the microbiota can be investigated. Probiotics have been extensively studied for their health promoting effects. The main field of research has be...

Aim To evaluate, in vitro antimicrobial ability of two probiotic toothpastes (one containing Lactobacillus paracasei, other containing Lactobacillus acidophilus) and one toothpaste without probiotic separately, and in a combination with two different mouthrinses (one containing essential oils and the other containing hexitidine). Methods Antimicrobial susceptibility was checked by using the dit...

Background: Probiotic supplementation alters oral microbiota composition and could reduce the risk or treat oral cavity diseases, such as dental caries, which are considered a public health problem. Aim: To summarize the therapeutic effects of probiotics in caries and to verify whether this intervention is capable of replacing conventional treatment in human beings. Methods: The search of the s...

Oral candidiasis is often accompanied by severe inflammation, resulting in a decline in the quality of life of immunosuppressed individuals and elderly people. To develop a new oral therapeutic option for candidiasis, a nonpathogenic commensal oral probiotic microorganism, Streptococcus salivarius K12, was evaluated for its ability to modulate Candida albicans growth in vitro, and its therapeut...

INTRODUCTION Intestinal lactobacilli have been successfully used as probiotics to treat gastrointestinal disorders, but only limited data are available for the probiotic properties of oral lactobacilli to combat oral diseases. We aimed to characterize oral lactobacilli for their potential probiotic properties according to the international guidelines for the evaluation of probiotics, and to sel...

We evaluated the effect of a Lactobacillus-based probiotic culture (FM-B11) for reduction of Salmonella Enteritidis in neonatal broiler chicks. In all experiments, chicks were challenged with approximately 10(4) cfu of Salmonella Enteritidis upon arrival at our laboratory, and the treatments were administered 1 h postchallenge. Cecal tonsil samples were obtained 24 h posttreatment and enriched ...

BACKGROUND This multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was performed to determine whether the use of oral probiotic preparation (prOVag®) containing three Lactobacillus strains together with standard metronidazole treatment and also targeted antibiotic treatment (following the failure of metronidazole therapy) could reduce the recurrence rates of bacterial vaginosis (BV...

probiotics are beneficial microorganisms which will be considered as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters.the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of probiotic administration in hatchery on performance, blood parameters and immune response of broilers. three hundereds 1-d-old male chicks (ross 308) were assigned to five experimental groups of three replications. birds o...