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Alcohol and tobacco consumption affect the oral carriage of Candida albicans and mutans streptococci

Publicated to:Letters In Applied Microbiology. 63 (4): 254-9-259 - 2016-10-01 63(4), DOI: 10.1111/lam.12620

Authors: Sheth, C C; Makda, K; Dilmahomed, Z; Gonzalez, R; Luzi, A; Jovani-Sancho, M del M; Veses, V

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Univ CEU Cardenal Herrera, Sch Hlth Sci, Dept Biomed Sci, Valencia 46113, Spain - Author
Univ CEU Cardenal Herrera, Sch Hlth Sci, Dept Dent, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

This study sought to determine if there is a relationship between the consumption of alcohol and tobacco and oral colonization by mutans streptococci and Candida species. Subjects were recruited from the University Dental Clinic of CEU Cardenal Herrera University (Moncada, Valencia). Information on alcohol and tobacco consumption was obtained by questionnaire. Individual stimulated saliva samples from 105 patients were obtained and selective media was used to isolate and quantify mutans streptococci and Candida spp. colony forming units per millilitre of saliva (CFU ml(-1) ). Samples were stratified by duration and quantity of alcohol and tobacco consumption. Alcohol consumption statistically significantly decreased oral carriage of mutans streptococci, whereas there was no effect on Candida albicans colonization levels. Tobacco users were found to harbour elevated levels of C. albicans; however, there was no observed effect on bacterial colonization by mutans streptococci. The carriage of other species investigated, such as Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis and lactobacilli, do not show a response to the consumption of the stimulants analysed. Microbial colonization of the oral cavity changes in a species-specific manner in response to dietary and social habits such as drinking alcohol and smoking.In this paper, we evaluate the effect of alcohol and tobacco consumption on key species of the oral microflora. Our results show species-specific changes in two major opportunistic pathogens, such as Candida albicans and mutans streptococci, whereas other members of oral microflora are not affected by the consumption of the stimulants studied. We believe this original paper will contribute to raise awareness among the dental community towards a more personalized oral health assessment, taking in consideration alcohol and tobacco consumption in the prevention of specific oral and systemic pathologies.© 2016 The Society for Applied Microbiology.

Keywords

alcoholcandidadiseasefungistreptococciAdultAlcoholAlcohol drinkingCandidaCandida albicansColony count, microbialDiseaseFemaleFungiHumansLactobacillusMaleMicrobiotaMouthOral healthSalivaStreptococciStreptococcus mutansTobaccoTobacco use

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Letters In Applied Microbiology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.93, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 23
  • Scopus: 25
  • Europe PMC: 19
  • Google Scholar: 40

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 54.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 55 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 8.9.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Sheth Shah, Chirag Chandrakant) and Last Author (Veses Jimenez, Verónica).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Veses Jimenez, Verónica.