Actinomyces spp. in supragingival plaque of ethnic Chinese preschool children with and without active dental caries

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Tang, G ^a   Yip, H K ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^a   Luo, G ^a   Lo, E C M ^a   Teo, C S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Chinese preschool children; Dental caries; South East Asia; Southern hybridization; Supragingival plaque

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIGOXIGENIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA EXTRACTION; ENAMEL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GINGIVA; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SINGAPORE; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0041883738     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072172     Document Type: Article

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