Streptpcoccus mutans, early childhood caries and new opportunities

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1787-1792

  Slavkin, Harold C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY HEALTH; FLUORIDATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; FAMILY HEALTH; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; INFANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033253157     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0138     Document Type: Article

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