Evaluation of the in vitro cariogenic potential of streptococcus mutans strains isolated from 12-year-old children with differing caries experience

Caries Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 455-460

  Chestnutt, I G ^a   Macfarlane, T W ^a   Aitchison, T C ^a   Stephen, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries risk; Dental caries; Hydroxyapatite; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANION; CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIONS; CALCIUM; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DURAPATITE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0029443825     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262114     Document Type: Article

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