Salivary mutans streptococci and dental caries in three-year-old children after maternal exposure to chewing gums containing combinations of xylitol, sorbitol, chlorhexidine, and fluoride

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 245-250

  Thorild, Ingrid ^b   Lindau, Britt ^b   Twetman, Svante ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caries; Chlorhexidine; Fluoride; Mutans streptococci; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; SORBITOL; XYLITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAREGIVER; CARIES PREVENTION; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; SALIVA; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SORBITOL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; XYLITOL;

EID: 10644242575     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350410001676     Document Type: Article

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