S. Mutans Research Paper
Streptococcus mutans is considered to be constituent of the "normal" flora of the human mouth, which is related with dental caries also regarded as tooth decay. Dental caries is a transmissible and infectious dental disease that affects people of all ages. Streptococcus mutans can be transferred from one person to the another through vertical or horizontal transmission. The transmission path of Streptococcus mutans is to settle itself among human hosts. S. mutans prefers hard non-shedding surfaces to form permanent colonies, which indicates that extent of S. mutans are hidden in infants till the primary teeth extravagate; although, recent studies have discovered that S. mutans is able to inhabit the grooves of the tongue in pre-denate kids.