Revisión sistemática del uso de probióticos en la prevención de caries dental.

Abstract

Introduction: Probiotics are recognized worldwide as a natural alternative for general health benefits and to prevent infectious pathologies of the oral cavity. The constant use of probiotics reduces the development of caries, halitosis, periodontal pathology, optimizes lactose digestion, intestinal ph, reduces cholesterol, generates vitamin b, among others. Objective: To investigate the action of the use of probiotics on the microbiota of the oral cavity. Materials and methods: Using meta-search engines pubmed, google scholar, scielo and cochrane library, an analytical, descriptive, transversal and retrospective systematic review of 1375 articles was carried out by inclusion and exclusion criteria and 58 related articles were studied. Analysis and discussion of results: Research on probiotics and oral health is heterogeneous in terms of environment, probiotic strains, vehicles and concentrations. The basic principle of probiotics is to interfere with microbial imbalance by adding beneficial species, they can reduce dental caries, periodontal disease, bad breath and resist oral candida infections, being streptococcus mutans the most important pathogen in the development of dental caries. Conclusion: Today's scientific evidence indicates that probiotics are live microorganisms that are present in various types of products, foods, medicines and dietary supplements and have the potential to minimize dental caries, periodontal pathology, bad breath and resist oral candida infections.