Interdental caries incidence and progression in relation to mutans streptococci suppression after chlorhexidine-thymol varnish treatments in schoolchildren

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 144-148

  Twetman, Svante ^a   Petersson, Lars G ^a  

^a Länssjukhuset ^*

Author keywords

Antibacterial varnish; Caries progression; Chlorhexidine; Mutans streptococci; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CERVITEC; CHLORHEXIDINE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARNISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLAR; PAINT; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THYMOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032799197     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163599428878     Document Type: Article

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