Caries-Preventive Effect of Topical Amine Fluoride in Children with High and Low Salivary Levels of Mutans Streptococci

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 423-427

  Brambilla, Eugenio ^b   Gagliani, M ^c   Felloni, A ^c   Garcia Godoy F ^a   Strohmenger, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amine fluorides; Caries prevention; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMINE FLUORIDE 297; AMINOALCOHOL; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINO ALCOHOLS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033227939     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016546     Document Type: Article

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