**Author details**

Diego Romario-Silva1,2\*, Otavio Akira Souza Sakaguchi3 , Andrea Cristina Barbosa da Silva4 , Janaína Orlandi Sardi5 , Rafaela Parolina de Carvalho1 , Sindy Magri Roque1 , Lincoln Pires Silva Borges6 , Rodrigo Barros Esteves Lins7 , Letícia Targino Campos8 and Edja Maria Melo de Brito Costa8

1 Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

2 FAIPE-Institute of Research and Teaching Ltda, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil

3 Department of Dentistry, Northern College of Mato Grosso, Guarantã do Norte, MT, Brazil

4 Department of Pharmacy, Center of Biological and Health Sciences, State University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

5 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Pioneiros, MS, Brazil

6 Department of Dental Materials, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

7 College of Dentistry, Science, Technology and Health Center, State University of Paraiba, Araruna, PB, Brazil

8 Department of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: diegoromarioo@gmail.com

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*Probiotics as Potential Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Infections: Current Reality or Remote… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98865*
