Influence of colonization with mutans streptococci on caries risk in Japanese preschool children: 24 Month survival analysis

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 377-380

  Ansai, Toshihiro ^a   Tahara, Asako ^a   Ikeda, Masato ^a   Katoh, Yasuhiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hideo ^a   Takehara, Tadamichi ^a  

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BUFFER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL;

BUFFERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034279443     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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