Continuous effect of pit and fissure sealing on S. mutans presence in situ

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-168

  Mass, E ^b   Eli, I ^b   Lev Dor Samovici, B ^b   Weiss, E I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033128369     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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