Effect of Long-Term Consumption of a Probiotic Bacterium, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, in Milk on Dental Caries and Caries Risk in Children

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 412-420

  Nase, Leemi ^f   Hatakka, K ^a   Savilahti, E ^b   Saxelin, M ^a   Ponka A ^d   Poussa, T ^e   Korpela, R ^a   Meurman, J H ^c  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Environment Health and Safety Association of Finnish Paint Industry   (Finland)

^e STAT Consulting   (Finland)

^f Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caries risk; Children; Day care centres; Dental caries; Lactobacillus GG; Probiotic bacterium

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LACTOBACILLUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILK; ODDS RATIO; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035523651     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047484     Document Type: Article

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