Caries Prediction by Multiple Salivary Mutans Streptococcal Counts in Caries-Free Children with Different Levels of Fluoride Exposure, Oral Hygiene and Sucrose Intake

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 380-387

  Petti, S ^a   Hausen, H W ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caries incidence; Children; Fluoride; Mutans streptococci; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; ORAL HYGIENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034264333     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016612     Document Type: Article

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