Association of salivary mutans streptococci with discoloured pits and fissures

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 412-417

  Steiner, Marcel ^a   Helfenstein, Ulrich ^a   Menghini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Discoloured pits and fissures; Mutans streptococci; Occlusal caries; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0032246974     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01980.x     Document Type: Article

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