Research shows sharing of cavity-causing bacteria may not be only from mothers to children
Monday, July 25, 2016 - 13:31
in Psychology & Sociology
New ongoing research is showing more evidence that children may receive oral microbes from other, nonrelative children. It was previously believed that these microbes were passed primarily from mother to child, but in a recent study, researchers found that 72 percent of children harbored at least one strain of the cavity-causing Streptococcus mutans not found in any cohabiting family members.