The effect of 6-monthly application of 40% chlorhexidine varnish on the microflora and dental caries incidence in a population of children in Surinam

Caries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 449-455

  De Soet, J J ^a   Gruythuysen, R J M ^a   Bosch, J A ^a   Van Amerongen, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine varnish; Dental caries; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Salivary bacteria

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PAINT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURINAME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PAINT; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURINAME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036835195     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066536     Document Type: Article

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