Current understanding of the cause of dental caries

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Hanada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; SUCROSE;

DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; JAPAN; PATHOGENESIS; RACE; REVIEW; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL VENEERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034026315     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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