Response to Seow: Biological mechanisms of early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 28-31

  Bowen, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Formula; Iron deficiency; Lead; Milk; Mutans streptococci; Virulence

Indexed keywords

IRON; LEAD;

ANIMAL; BABY FOOD; BIOLOGY; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE MODEL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; IRON; LEAD; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031609959     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb02091.x     Document Type: Article

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