Are dental diseases examples of ecological catastrophes?

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-294

  Marsh, P D ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; TRICLOSAN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROFLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH FLORA; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DENTAL PLAQUE; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOUTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; TOOTH DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037292394     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26082-0     Document Type: Review

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