Influence of short-term sucrose exposure on plaque acidogenicity and cariogenic microflora in individuals with different levels of mutans streptococci

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Quiroz, E Miguel Aranibar ^a,b   Lingstrom P ^a   Birkhed, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Mutans streptococci; Oral micro organisms; Plaque index; Plaque pH; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; PH; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; SALIVA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 0037855998     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068221     Document Type: Article

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