PROBIOTICS IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

Year 2022, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 116 - 123, 25.08.2022

Özge Bektaş

Abstract

The use of probiotic products containing live bacteria and proven health benefits is increasing today. In particular, the development of resistance of some pathogens to antibiotics brought up the need to consider shifting the treatment paradigm from specific bacterial elimination to changing bacterial ecology with probiotics, and the concept of "bacteriotherapy" emerged. Probiotics are dietary supplements that contain potentially beneficial microorganisms that help suppress disease-causing pathogens. Generally; probiotics have been associated with gut health, and these products are widely used for the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal infections and diseases. However, in recent years, researchers have focused on various studies on the effects of probiotics on oral health. Although direct recommendations on the use of probiotics from the point of view of clinical practitioners have not yet been given, the scientific evidence to date suggests that probiotic therapy may be considered as an alternative approach in the field of dentistry in the future. The aim of this review is to examine the potential mechanisms of probiotic bacteria in the oral cavity, to evaluate the effects of probiotics on oral health, and to summarize the various applications of probiotic-containing products in the field of dentistry.

Keywords

probiotics, oral health, dentistry

ÇOCUK DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİNDE PROBİYOTİKLER

Abstract

Canlı bakteri içeren ve sağlığa faydaları kanıtlanmış probiyotik ürünlerin kullanımı günümüzde artmaktadır. Özellikle bazı patojenlerin antibiyotiklere karşı direnç geliştirmesi, tedavi paradigmasını spesifik bakteri eliminasyonundan probiyotiklerle bakteri ekolojisini değiştirmeye kaydırmanın düşünülmesini gerektiğini gündeme getirmiş ve “bakteriyoterapi” kavramı ortaya çıkmştır. Probiyotikler, potansiyel olarak faydalı mikroorganizmaları içeren, hastalıklara neden olan patojenleri baskılamaya yardımcı olan diyet takviyeleridir. Genel olarak; probiyotikler bağırsak sağlığı ile ilişkilendirilmiş olup bu ürünlerin gastrointestinal enfeksiyon ve hastalıkların önlenmesi veya tedavisi için kullanımları yaygındır. Bununla birlikte, son yıllarda araştırmacılar probiyotiklerin ağız sağlığına etkilerine yönelik çeşitli çalışmalara odaklanmaktadır. Klinik pratisyenlerin bakış açısından, probiyotiklerin kullanımına ilişkin doğrudan öneriler henüz verilemese de bugüne kadar bilimsel kanıtlar, probiyotik tedavinin gelecekte diş hekimliği alanında da alternatif bir yaklaşım olarak değerlendirilebileceğini düşündürmektedir. Bu derlemenin amacı, probiyotik bakterilerin ağız boşluğundaki potansiyel mekanizmalarını incelemek, probiyotiklerin ağız sağlığna etkilerini değerlendirmek ve probiyotik içerikli ürünlerin diş hekimliği alanındaki çeşitli uygulamalarını özetlemektir.

Keywords

probiyotikler, ağız sağlığı, diş hekimliği

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