Dental caries and microbial acid production in twins

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-172

  Bretz, W A ^a   Corby, P M A ^a   Hart, T C ^b   Costa, S ^d   Coelho, M Q ^d   Weyant, R J ^a   Robinson, M ^c   Schork, N J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Microbial acid production; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACID; DNA MARKER; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ACIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 21044445810     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084793     Document Type: Article

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