Lack of effect of chlorhexidine varnish on Streptococcus mutans transmission and caries in mothers and children

Caries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-293

  Dasanayake, A P ^a   Wiener, H W ^b   Li, Y ^a   Vermund, S V ^b   Caufield, P W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Randomized clinical trial; Streptococcus mutans; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORZOIN; PAINT; POLYURETHAN; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACQUER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POLYURETHANES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036653213     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063922     Document Type: Article

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