Effect of chlorhexidine gel treatment on the prevalence of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli in patients with impaired salivary secretion rate

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Bondestam, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SALIVATION; SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SALIVATION; SECRETORY RATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0030132474     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1996.tb00845.x     Document Type: Article

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