B. Bifidum	Bifidobacterium bifidum
B. Dentium	Bifidobacterium dentium
BEC	buccal epiteliale Cell adhesion
B. Longum	Bifidobacterium longum
CFU	Colony-forming units
CI	confidence interval
ECC	Early Childhood Caries
F.	Nucleatum Fusobacterium Nucleatum
GI	gingival index
GIT	Infant gastrointestinal tract
ICDAS II	International Caries Detection and Assessment System II
IL	interleukin
LAB	Lactic Acid bacteria
L. brevis CD2	Lactobacillus brevis CD2
L. paracasei	Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
L. plantarum	Lactobacillus plantarum
L. reuteri	Lactobacillus Reuteri
L. rhamnosus	Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
L. salivarius	Ligilactobacillus salivarius
MD	mechanical debridement
mPI	modified plaque index
mSBI	modified sulcus bleeding index
OHI-S index	Simplified Oral Hygiene Index
PBs	Probiotics
PI	plaque index
PiM	peri-implant mucositis
PPD	pocket probing depth
PD	probing depth
S. mutans	Streptococcus mutans
SRP	Scaling and root planing
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
W. cibaria	Weissella cibaria