Effect of NaF-, SnF2-, and chlorhexidine-impregnated birch toothpicks on mutans streptococci and pH in approximal dental plaque

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Kashani, Hossein ^a   Emilson, Claes Göran ^a   Birkhed, Dowen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Dental plaque; Fluoride; Saliva; Toothpicks

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG VEHICLE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; STANNOUS FLUORIDE; ANTICARIES AGENT; CARIOGENIC AGENT; SUCROSE; TIN FLUORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENTAL DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; WOOD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SALIVA; SODIUM FLUORIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE; TIN FLUORIDES; WOOD;

EID: 0031595879     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016359850142781     Document Type: Article

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