On the pH-lowering potential of lactobacilli and mutans streptococci from dental plaque related to the prevalence of caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Borgström, Margareta Krasse ^a,b   Sullivan, Åsa ^a   Granath, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Gertie ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries, dental; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; ph; Plaque, dental

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN; TOOTH PLAQUE; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031114406     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00916.x     Document Type: Article

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