A Comparative Pilot Study of the Effects of a Dentifrice Containing Green Tea Bioflavonoids, Sanguinarine or Triclosan on Oral Bacterial Biofilm Formation

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 53-59

  Wolinsky, Lawrence E ^a   Cuomo, John ^b   Quesada, Kelly ^a   Bato, Tricia ^a   Camargo, Paulo M ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b USANA Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; COLGATE TOTAL; FLAVONOID; FLUORIDE; HYDROXYAPATITE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT TOOTHPASTE; SANGUINARINE; TOOTHPASTE; TRICLOSAN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TEA; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ALKALOIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; BIOFILMS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIFRICES; DURAPATITE; FLAVONOIDS; FLUORIDES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TEA; TRICLOSAN; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034575188     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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