Xiao J, et al. - Experts evaluated whether C. albicans influenced the composition and diversity of the entire oral bacterial community to promote severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) onset. Findings suggested that microbiota composition and diversity were shared by the children and mothers within the caries-free (CF) and S-ECC groups, thereby, suggesting a strong maternal influence on children’s oral microbiota. Overall, in the context of S-ECC etiopathogenesis, the importance of C. albicans in association with the oral bacteriome was underscored in the findings.