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The oral microbiota and metabolites are considered the etiologic and regulatory factors of WSLs, but the specific impact of clear aligners on the oral microbiota and metabolites is unknown. This study investigated the differences in the salivary microbiome and metabolome between adolescents with and without WSLs treated with clear aligners. Fifty-five adolescents (aged 11-18) with Invisalign appliances, 27 with and 28 without WSLs, were included. Saliva samples were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS\/MS); the data were further integrated for Spearman correlation analysis. The relative abundances of 14 taxa, including\n                    <jats:italic>Actinobacteria<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Actinomycetales<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Rothia<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Micrococcaceae<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Subdoligranulum<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Capnocytophaga<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Azospira<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Olsenella<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Lachnoanaerobaculum<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Abiotrophia<\/jats:italic>\n                    , were significantly higher in the WSL group than in the control group. Metabolomic analysis identified 27 potential biomarkers, and most were amino acids, including proline and glycine. The metabolites were implicated in 6 metabolic pathways, including alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism; glycine, serine and threonine metabolism; and aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis. There was a correlation between the salivary microbial and metabolomic datasets, reflecting the impact of clear aligners on the metabolic activity of the oral flora. A concordant increase in the levels of\n                    <jats:italic>Lachnoanaerobaculum<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Rothia<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Subdoligranulum<\/jats:italic>\n                    and some amino acids had predictive value for WSL development. In summary, when adolescents undergo long-term clear aligner therapy with poor oral hygiene habits, clear aligners can disrupt the balance of the oral microecosystem and lead to oral microbiota dysbiosis, thereby increasing the risk of developing WSLs. Our findings might contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of WSLs and provide candidate biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of WSLs associated with clear aligners.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2023.1119616","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,4]],"date-time":"2023-04-04T01:54:49Z","timestamp":1680573289000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Microbiome and metabolome associated with white spot lesions in patients treated with clear aligners"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Zhixin","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shishu","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zuolin","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1164","DOI":"10.1038\/s41591-019-0461-z","article-title":"Microbiota therapy acts via a regulatory T cell MyD88\/ROR\u03b3t pathway to suppress food allergy","volume":"25","author":"Abdel-Gadir","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nat. 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