The Influence of Specific Foods and Oral Hygiene on the Microflora of Fissures and Smooth Surfaces of Molar Teeth: A 5-Day Study

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-356

  Beighton, David ^a   Brailsford, S R ^a   Lynch, E ^b   Yuan Chen, H ^a   Clark, D T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Plaque microflora; Sucrose; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEISSERIA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VEILLONELLA; YEAST;

ACTINOMYCES; CANDY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIETARY SUCROSE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; NEISSERIA; ORAL HYGIENE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILLONELLA; YEASTS;

EID: 0033192606     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016533     Document Type: Article

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