Mutans streptococci and lactobacilli in saliva after the application of fissure sealants

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-111

  Baca, P ^a   Castillo, A M ^a   Bravo, M ^a   Junco, P ^a   Baca, A P ^a   Llodra, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DMF INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0036517203     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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