Cariogenic oral flora and its relation to dental caries

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-46

  Llena Puy, María Carmen ^a   Montañana Llorens, Consuelo ^a   Forner Navarro, Leopoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caries; DMF index; Flow rate; Lactobacillus; pH; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; SALIVA; SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MOUTH; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0033627840     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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