Saliva-mediated binding in vitro and prevalence in vivo of Streptococcus mutans

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Carlen A ^a   Olsson, J ^a   Borjesson A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Aggregation; Mutans colonization; Strep

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADULT; AGGLUTININS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DURAPATITE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; PAROTID GLAND; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0030019399     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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