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Introduction: Cerebral palsy is defined as a non-progressive brain disorder of movement and posture. The patient is characterized by mental and motor disabilities, sensory impairments of vision and hearing, besides having seizures and contraction joints. Objective: To address a multidisciplinary dental intervention in a patient, leucoderma, 11 years-old, with cerebral palsy who attended the Special Patients Clinic of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil. Case report: Clinical interventions to promote oral health, emphasizing the responsible guidelines regarding oral hygiene techniques, and surgical procedures such as extractions of deciduous teeth #75, #85, #63 (phase 1) and ulectomy in the region of teeth #24 and #25 (phase 2) were performed. Conclusion: The multidisciplinary assistance targeted to the oral health of the patient with cerebral palsy can be considered as an important strategy for promoting the health and quality of life in this population group.
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O Papacárie é um gel para remoção químico-mecânica da cárie, composto basicamente por papaína, cloramina e azul de toluidina. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a susceptibilidade de cepas de Streptococcus mutans frente à formulação do Papacárie por meio do teste de difusão em ágar. Discos de papel filtro banhados com o produto comercial foram colocados sobre o meio de cultura previamente inoculado com Streptococcus mutans em placas de Petri. Gel de clorexidina a 0,12% foi utilizado no Grupo Controle. Os resultados indicaram ausência de atividade bactericida do gel Papacárie, pois não houve formação de halo de inibição em nenhum dos meios. Porém, todos os discos contendo gel de clorexidina apresentaram halos de inibição. Concluiu-se que as cepas de Streptococcus mutans não apresentaram sensibilidade ao Papacárie.
Papacárie is a gel for chemo-mechanical removal of caries. The main components of the gel are papayn, chIoramina and blue toluidine. The objective of the present research was to analyze the susceptibility of Streptococcus mutans to the Papacárie gel by using the agar diffusion test. Disks of filter paper were soaked with the commercial product and placed along with the agar plate previously inoculated with Streptococcus mutans in Petri dishes. Gel of clorexidina 0.12% was used in the control group. The results indicated absence of bactericidal activity of Papacárie, since it did not produce inhibition zones in none of the inoculated agar plates. On the other hand, all the samples of the control group produced large inhibition zones. It can be concluded that cepas of Streptococcus mutans did not exhibit sensitivity to Papacárie.