Table 1.

qPCR Primers used in this study

Species	Sequence (5’ to 3’)	Target gene	Amplicon size (bp)
S. mutans	F:AGTGCCAAGACTGACGCTTT	dexA	141
	R:GGGCTGACTGCTTCTGGAGT
P. intermedia	F: TTFGTrGGGGAGTAAAGCGGG	tetQ	575
	R:一TCAACATCTCTGTATCCTGCG
P. gingival	F:GGAAGAGAAGACCGTAGCACAAGGA R: GAGTAGGCGAAACGTCCATCAGGTC	rpoB	143
Total Bacteria	F:CCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAG	16 S rRNA	89
	R:GCTTGACGGGCGGTGT