Oral colonization by more than one clonal type of mutans streptococcus in children with nursing-bottle dental caries

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-173

  Alaluusua, S ^a   Matto J ^a   Gronroos L ^a   Innila S ^a   Torkko, H ^a   Asikainen, S ^a   Jousimies Somer, H ^b   Saarela, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Child; Dental caries; Mutans streptococci; Ribotyping; Serotyping; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOTTLE FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BOTTLE FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0030087806     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(95)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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