Ecological Study of Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus and Lactobacillus spp. at Sub-Sites from Approximal Dental Plaque from Children

Caries Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Babaahmady, K G ^a   Challacombe, S J ^b   Marsh, P D ^c   Newman, H N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ECOLOGY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GINGIVA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SYMBIOSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GINGIVA; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0031613419     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016430     Document Type: Article

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