A cross-sectional study into the prevalence of root caries in periodontal maintenance patients

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-32

  Reiker, Jurgen ^a   Van Der Velden, Ubele ^a   Barendregt, Dick S ^a   Loos, Bruno G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Periodontal maintenance; Root caries; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; BUFFER; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BUFFERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DIET; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROOT CARIES; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032608077     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.1999.260105.x     Document Type: Article

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