Caries experience and streptococci and lactobacilli salivary levels in 6-8-year-old Sardinians

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 306-312

  Campus, Guglielmo ^a   Lumbau, Aurea ^b   Bachisio, Silvio Lai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEST STRIP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0034569746     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263x.2000.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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