Plaque pH and Associated Parameters in Relation to Caries

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 428-436

  Dong, Y M ^a   Pearce, E I F ^b   Yue, L ^a   Larsen, M J ^c   Gao, X J ^a   Wang, J D ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acidogenicity; Caries prediction; Dental caries; Dental plaque; Minerals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FLUORIDE; PHOSPHATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; PHOSPHATES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033227187     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016547     Document Type: Article

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