Study of bacterial viability within human supragingival dental calculus

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Tan, Benjamin T K ^a   Mordan, Nicola J ^a   Embleton, Jason ^a   Pratten, Jonathan ^a   Galgut, Peter N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastman Dent Inst Oral Health Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria, aerobic growth; Bacteria, anaerobic growth; Dental calculus, supragingival

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CALCULUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 1542360576     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.1.23     Document Type: Article

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