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Filter by:Objectives: This study investigates the effects of daily consumption of probiotic ayran drink on gingival inflammation and the development of experimental gingivitis. Methods: A total of 54volunteer students were included in the present randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.The participants were divided randomly into two groups; The Control group consisted of 27 participants who consumed placebo ayran, while the 27 participants of the Test group consumed probiotic ayran (containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum) for 42 days twice a day.After 42 days, mechanical plaque control was interrupted for 5 days. The clinical parameters of gingivitis; Plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing bleeding (BOP), probing depth (PPD) were recorded at baseline, day 42 (beginning of experimental gingivitis) and day 47 (the end of experimental gingivitis). At the same time points, gingival crevicular fluid had been collected for analysis of matrix metalloproteinase - 8 (MMP-8).
Probiotics as adjuvant therapy along with standard care can decrease hospital stay and improve symptoms (fever, tachypnea,cough) in pediatric patients admitted with severe pneumonia.
Obesity is an increasing epidemic worldwide and has a significant impact on human health and socioeconomics. Multiple studies have shown that bariatric surgery increases the risk of postoperative gallbladder stones. Contributing factors to gallstone formation include gallbladder motility and bile supersaturation due to rapid weight loss and cholesterol mobilization. At present, the prevention and treatment of gallbladder stones in obese patients after bariatric surgery are still controversial. In recent years, the study of ursodeoxycholic acid in preventing gallbladder stone formation after bariatric surgery has become a research hotspot. At the same time, other studies have shown that taking probiotics or digestive enzymes may improve gastrointestinal symptoms and improve quality of life after bariatric surgery. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the ability of probiotics to prevent gallstone formation after bariatric surgery and to evaluate the impact of oral probiotics on quality of life in patients after bariatric surgery.
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effect orally administration of Probiotics based on Lactobacillus rhamnosus LR04 and Lactobacillus plantarum LP14 as adjuvant in people suffering from periodontitis stage II-III. The main questions it aims to answer are: - QUESTION 1: orally administered probiotics based on the previous strains could represent a useful tool in support of non-surgical periodontal therapy in reducing clinical periodontal indexes? - QUESTION 2: orally administered probiotics based on the previous strains could represent a useful tool in support of non-surgical periodontal therapy in reduce the amount of periodontal pathogens in periodontal pockets? Partecipants in the test group will take the test probiotic for 90 days in adjunction of the routinary oral hygiene procedures. Partecipants in the positive controlled group will take the placebo for 90 days in adjunction of the routinary oral hygiene procedures. Partecipants in the negative control group will perform only the routinary oral hygiene procedures. Researchers will compare 3 groups to see if orally administered probiotics based on L. rhamnosus and L. plantarum may hel in the reduction of periodontal indexes and of the periodontal pathogen bacteria.
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of probiotics as food supplements in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The study will involve 82 patients who will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: an experimental group receiving a probiotic containing Lactobacillus acidophilus LA85, and a placebo group. The primary outcomes measured include the number of days until the onset of diarrhea, the duration of diarrhea (if it occurs), gastrointestinal quality of life evaluation using the GIQLI questionnaire, and overall patient satisfaction.
To evaluate the change of S. mutans and Lactobacillus spp. counts after all dental treatments were completed under general anesthesia and compare the groups in case of using probiotics and not using probiotics with the time for 6-months follow-up period.
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the therapeutic potential of A. soehngenii and pasteurized A. muciniphila combined with B. animalis subsp. lactis and fructo-oligosaccharides with and without conditioned vegan lyophilized fecal microbiota transplantation capsules to reduce NASH in patients with fibrotic NASH. The main questions to answer are: 1. Can NASH be treated by altering the gut microbiota using LFMT capsules? 2. Can NASH be treated using a syntrophic cocktail of synbiotics and will these strains strengthen the effect of FMT? 3. What are the underlying mechanism by which the aforementioned treatments attenuate NASH? Participants will be treated with FMT-capsules or placebo, and all participants will receive a cocktail of 3 strains of probiotics and one type of prebiotic.
Gluten intake spreads worldwide, being the major food protein consumed in the Western diets (up to 20 g gluten/d). But gluten has unique and unusual features. It resists the complete luminal digestion by gastric, pancreatic and intestinal brush border enzymes, and is susceptible to post-translational modification (deamidation) by mucosal transglutaminases. Apart from partial digestion, gluten per se has a negative impact on a consistent part of the worldwide population, which mainly results in the manifestations of celiac disease (CD) or other gluten-related disorders. This study will enable to test in vivo a novel multi-species probiotic that in vitro has proven to degrade gluten to non-immunotoxic peptides.
The goal of this intervention study is to analyse the microbiota composition after the water kefir consumption. The main questions are to evaluate the potential probiotic drink can have beneficial effect on the gut microbiota. Participants will consume the water kefir for two weeks and microbiota will be analysed. Researchers will compare the microbiota composition before and after consumption.
Brackets, bands, ligatures and wires in patients receiving orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances are areas that trap food and impede oral hygiene. An ecological environment facilitating the growth of microorganisms (Actinobacillus, Bacteroides, Prevotella etc.) emerges in the mouth and may cause caries, enamel white spots, gingival inflammation and halitosis. Despite the use of specialized orthodontic brushes, interdental brushes, mouthwashes and topical fluorides, plaque removal remains inadequate in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances. On the other hand, patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with aligners have been found to have better oral hygiene because of less plaque accumulation in their mouth. Probiotics are defined as non-pathogenic bacteria that can benefit the host's general health when taken in sufficient amounts through nutrition. Nowadays probiotics can be used to enhance oral health as they are found to reduce dental biofilm formation, prevent and decrease halitosis in children, adolescents and adults. To date, there are few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the efficacy of oral probiotics in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances and none reporting the incidence of halitosis and the effect of probiotics in orthodontic patients wearing aligners.