Disinfection of Dental Unit Waterlines with an Oral Antiseptic

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-15

  Meiller, Timothy F ^a   Kelley, Jacqueline I ^a   Baqui, A A M A ^a   DePaola, Louis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; LISTERINE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALICYLATES; STEM CELLS; TERPENES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034575361     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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