Antimicrobial Effect of a Novel Ozone-Generating Device on Micro-Organisms Associated with Primary Root Carious Lesions in vitro

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 498-501

  Baysan, Aylin ^a,b   Whiley, R A ^a   Lynch, E ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro organisms; Ozone; Root caries

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OZONE; WATER;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; ROOT CARIES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0034322401     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016630     Document Type: Article

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