Antimicrobial and buffer capacity of crude extracts of chewing sticks (Miswaki) from Kenya

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-188

  Kemoli, Arthur Musakulu ^a   Van Amerongen, Willem Evert ^a   De Soet, Johannes Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Miswaki (chewing sticks); Tooth cleansing

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FLUORIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BARK; CHEMISTRY; CUPRESSUS; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KENYA; OLEACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STEM; TEA; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREE;

ACACIA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; BUFFERS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CUPRESSUS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; KENYA; OLEACEAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREES;

EID: 0035347668     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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