The effect of a single application of 40% chlorhexidine varnish on the numbers of salivary mutans streptococci and acidogenicity of dental plaque

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-373

  Gerardu, V A M ^a   Buijs, M J ^a   Ten Cate, J M ^a   Van Loveren, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Chlorhexidine; Mutans streptococci; Plaque acidogenicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE; SUCROSE;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VARNISH;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0042886000     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072170     Document Type: Article

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