Effects of Mouth Rinses with Xylitol and Fluoride on Dental Plaque and Saliva

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Giertsen, Elin ^a   Emberland, H ^b   Scheie, A Aa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluoride; Gingival bleeding; Plaque index; Plaque pH; Salivary flow rate; Salivary micro biota; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANTICARIES AGENT; CARIOGENIC AGENT; FLUORIDE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE; XYLITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; SALIVA; SECRETION; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACIDS; ADULT; BACTERIA; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATES; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SUCROSE; XYLITOL;

EID: 0032607722     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016492     Document Type: Article

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