Objective. To determine the antimicrobial effect of ethanolic extracts from Caesalpinia spinosa against penicillin and methicillin resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus penicillin and methicillin. Methods. S. aureus ATCC 11632 and 33592 strains were used, ethanolic extracts from C. spinosa leaves and pods were obtained by maceration at concentrations of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. The Kirby-Bauer method was used, where filter paper discs were loaded with leaf, pod and seed extracts and deposited on the medium, inoculated with a 0.5 McFarland suspension of S. aureus. Ampicillin discs were used as positive control and ethanol-impregnated discs as negative control. After 24 hours, the diameters of the halos were measured with a Vernier caliper. Results. Haloes up to 18 mm in diameter with 100% leaf extracts, 17 mm with pod extracts and 14 mm with seed extracts were recorded against S. aur...

Objective: To compile information relating nutritional status and early childhood caries in children aged 0 to 3 years. Materials and methods: Search was made of scientific articles from November 2020 to January 2021 in both Spanish and English in databases such as: Google Scholar, Scielo, Pubmed, Dialnet, Science Direct, with the use of the keywords: dental caries, eating behavior, breastfeeding, demineralization, sucrose. Including original articles and literature review articles. Excluding articles that did not pertain to the subject of nutrition and caries. Results: Early childhood caries begins shortly after tooth eruption and is most frequently transmitted vertically (from mother to child), with Streptococcus mutans, being the most cariogenic microorganism. It has been demonstrated in several studies that malnutrition is not related to early childhood caries, but excessive consumpt...

Objective: To compile information relating nutritional status and early childhood caries in children aged 0 to 3 years. Materials and methods: Search was made of scientific articles from November 2020 to January 2021 in both Spanish and English in databases such as: Google Scholar, Scielo, Pubmed, Dialnet, Science Direct, with the use of the keywords: dental caries, eating behavior, breastfeeding, demineralization, sucrose. Including original articles and literature review articles. Excluding articles that did not pertain to the subject of nutrition and caries. Results: Early childhood caries begins shortly after tooth eruption and is most frequently transmitted vertically (from mother to child), with Streptococcus mutans, being the most cariogenic microorganism. It has been demonstrated in several studies that malnutrition is not related to early childhood caries, but excessive consumpt...