Bacteriological studies of dental caries in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Adetunji, O F ^a   Akinshipe, B O ^a   Ogunbodede, E O ^b   Ijaware, C O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUBURBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029963403     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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