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Journal of Dental Research, Vol 59, 159-167, Copyright © 1980 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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Effect of sodium fluoride on the viability and growth of Streptococcus mutans

L. R. Brown, S. F. Handler, I. M. Horton, J. L. Streckfuss and S. Dreizen

A fluoride-sensitive (FS) strain of Streptococcus mutans and a laboratory-induced fluoride-resistant (FR) offspring were compared for the effects of sodium fluoride on viability and growth. There was a significant fluoride-related loss of viability in resting cell suspensions of the FS strain during a 47-hour exposure to fluoride levels above 75 ppm that was not encountered with the FR strain. The addition of 300 ppmF to actively growing six-hour broth cultures almost totally arrested the growth of the FS strain, while only slightly reducing that of the FR culture. The addition of 600 ppmF immediately terminated FS growth, and greatly reduced the rate and maximum growth of FR cultures.




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