Anticariogenic effects of black tea (Camellia sinensis) in caries prone-rats

Quintessence International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 647-650

  Touyz, Louis Z G ^a   Amsel, Rhonda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticariogenic; Camellia sinensis; Caries; Rat; Tea

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICS; TEA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FLUORIDES; MOLAR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER STAINING; STATISTICS; TEA; WATER;

EID: 0035464855     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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