1.Development of a dental caries model caused by Streptococcus mutans infection in rats
Zolzaya D ; Tumur-Ochir U ; Galindev B ; Soyolmaa M ; Battogtokh Ch ;
Mongolian Journal of Health Sciences 2026;96(6):223-227
Background:
According to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global Oral Health Status Report, approximately 3.5 billion people worldwide - nearly half of the global population - suffer from some form of oral disease, among which dental caries is the most prevalent, affecting close to 2 billion people in permanent teeth (global average prevalence of 29%) and 514 million people in primary teeth (global average prevalence of 43%). In Mongolia, the prevalence of dental caries also remains high: a 2017 survey of 1,754 individuals from six provinces and five districts found caries prevalence of 82.9% among children under 5 years of age, 80.9% among those under 12, 97.8% among the population aged 35-44, and 99.1% among those aged 65-74. A 2010 study among Mongolian preschool and school-age children found a caries prevalence of 87.8-90%, with S. mutans identified alone in 75% of culture-positive plaque samples and together with S. sobrinus in the remaining 25%. Given the persistently high global burden of dental caries, preventing the disease rather than merely treating it - for example through “replacement therapy,” in which a less cariogenic strain of S. mutans is used to colonize the oral cavity - requires a reliable rat model in which standard and clinical strains of S. mutans can reproducibly induce dental caries, so that the efficacy of such preventive strategies can be properly evaluated. Untreated dental caries is also estimated to impose an annual global economic burden of approximately US$387 billion in direct costs and US$323 billion in indirect costs, underscoring the growing importance of research into new preventive approaches.
Aim:
Development of a dental caries model caused by Streptococcus mutans infection in rat teeth.
Materials and Methods:
This study used an experimental research design. It was conducted from March 30 to April 14, 2021, at the Core Laboratory and the Education Laboratory of the Department of Microbiology and Infection Prevention Control of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS). Ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Ethics Review Committee under the Ministry of Health (meeting No. 02, March 18, 2019). Five 8-week-old Wistar rats were divided into four experimental groups - differing by bacterial strain (S. mutans ATCC 25175 standard strain versus a clinical isolate) and by drinking-water composition (with or without sucrose) - plus one negative control group, with one rat assigned to each group. A bacterial suspension was applied to the rats’ molar teeth with a sterile cotton swab three times daily at two-hour intervals for 28 consecutive days. Rats were lightly sedated with midazolam during application, and the suspension was applied during the daytime, when salivary flow is naturally reduced in rodents, in order to promote bacterial colonization of the tooth surface.
Result:
On day 28, microscopic examination of each rat’s maxillary and mandibular teeth revealed carious spots and cavities in all groups except the sucrose-free negative control. Cavities were deeper in the groups that received sucrose-supplemented drinking water, whereas the sucrose-free groups showed comparatively milder lesions, indicating that bacterial infection alone was sufficient to induce caries.
Conclusion
Infection of 8-week-old Wistar rats with either the standard or a clinical strain of S. mutans for 28 days successfully induced dental caries, and sucrose intake increased the severity of the lesions. This baseline model can be reproduced within a relatively short time frame and at low cost, and may be applied in future studies evaluating the efficacy of replacement-therapy strains or probiotic products against dental caries.
2.THUNDERBEAT IN USE THYROID SURGERY
Tumur-Ochir Ch ; Shim Woo Jeong ; Munkhbat D ; Baasanjav D ; Bayarkhuu A ; Enkhbat G ; Erdene-Bolor B ; Naranbat L
Journal of Surgery 2016;19(1):64-69
Introduction: Last Decades, Date by date
medical developments providing friendly,
high-efficiency treatment equipment and
services in developed countries are working
toward an advanced, as our country medical
services are trying to that country’s technology
has been introduced. In our country every
day there is only surgical care necessary to
endocrine gland disorders, including most
common thyroid surgery. It is open and
robotic assistant endoscopic surgery in the
world. But robotic assistant endoscopic
surgery is too expensive and impossible in
our country. Thus we chose Thunderbeat
for open thyroid surgery in especially huge
enlarged goiter and vascularized goiter to try
prevent bleeding, recurrent laryngeal nerve
palsy and post operation hematoma and
other complications
Thunderbeat is new generation instrument
combines an advanced bipolar clamp to the
existing ultrasonic cutter.
Materials and Methods: M 51-years-oldwoman
was admitted to Mongol Hyundae
hospital because of front of neck pain, multi
nodular goiter, tachycardia, sweaty and not
controlling emotion.
Anamnesis: She diagnosed to
Thyrotoxicosis in 2005 and she took
medicine last ten years but not controlling
that poisoning. Status locals: Huge enlarged
goiter in front of her neck
Treatment plan:
1. Preoperative Preparation
2. Operation: Open total thyroidectomy
3. Medicine
4. Wound dressing
5. Observation
We did operation after day of admission
day, Patient is placed in a Semi erect position
with a folded sheet underneath the shoulders
so that the head is sharply angulated backward
on the multifunctional surgical table under
general anesthesia. We used thunderbeat
from muscular to all procedures, dissection
both thyroid gland and isthmus after Kocher
skin incision and sub skin tissue dissected.
There is no complication while procedure
and post operation days
Result: Nodular hyperplasia of thyroid
gland with focci of micro adenomatous
change
Conclusion: Thunderbeat in use open
thyroid surgery first outcomes blood loss
than 30ml, no injury of recurrent laryngeal
nerve and no penetration ligament of Berry
while procedure, second outcomes no
hematoma, painless, wound healing process
faster and short time hospitalization.
3. THUNDERBEAT IN USE THYROID SURGERY
Tumur-Ochir CH ; Shim Woo Jeong ; Munkhbat D ; Baasanjav D ; Bayarkhuu A ; Enkhbat G ; Erdene-Bolor B ; Naranbat L
Journal of Surgery 2016;19(1):64-69
Introduction: Last Decades, Date by datemedical developments providing friendly,high-efficiency treatment equipment andservices in developed countries are workingtoward an advanced, as our country medicalservices are trying to that country’s technologyhas been introduced. In our country everyday there is only surgical care necessary toendocrine gland disorders, including mostcommon thyroid surgery. It is open androbotic assistant endoscopic surgery in theworld. But robotic assistant endoscopicsurgery is too expensive and impossible inour country. Thus we chose Thunderbeatfor open thyroid surgery in especially hugeenlarged goiter and vascularized goiter to tryprevent bleeding, recurrent laryngeal nervepalsy and post operation hematoma andother complicationsThunderbeat is new generation instrumentcombines an advanced bipolar clamp to theexisting ultrasonic cutter.Materials and Methods: M 51-years-oldwomanwas admitted to Mongol Hyundaehospital because of front of neck pain, multinodular goiter, tachycardia, sweaty and notcontrolling emotion.Anamnesis: She diagnosed toThyrotoxicosis in 2005 and she tookmedicine last ten years but not controllingthat poisoning. Status locals: Huge enlargedgoiter in front of her neckTreatment plan:1. Preoperative Preparation2. Operation: Open total thyroidectomy3. Medicine4. Wound dressing5. ObservationWe did operation after day of admissionday, Patient is placed in a Semi erect positionwith a folded sheet underneath the shouldersso that the head is sharply angulated backwardon the multifunctional surgical table undergeneral anesthesia. We used thunderbeatfrom muscular to all procedures, dissectionboth thyroid gland and isthmus after Kocherskin incision and sub skin tissue dissected.There is no complication while procedureand post operation daysResult: Nodular hyperplasia of thyroidgland with focci of micro adenomatouschangeConclusion: Thunderbeat in use openthyroid surgery first outcomes blood lossthan 30ml, no injury of recurrent laryngealnerve and no penetration ligament of Berrywhile procedure, second outcomes nohematoma, painless, wound healing processfaster and short time hospitalization.
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