Effect of triclosan dentifrice on toothbrush contamination

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-16

  Nelson Filho, Paulo ^a   Isper, Alessandra Rigo ^a   Assed, Sada ^a   Faria, Gisele ^a   Ito, Izabel Yoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dentifrice; Mutans streptococci; Toothbrush contamination; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

TRICLOSAN; ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH BRUSHING; BIOFILM; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; TIME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTIFRICES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 2342508421     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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