Effect of povidone-iodine on Streptococcus mutans in children with extensive dental caries

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Amin, Maryam S ^a   Harrison, Rosamund L ^a   Benton, Tonya S ^b   Roberts, Marilyn ^b   Weinstein, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Early childhood caries; Iodine application; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; IODOPHOR; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; CHILD; DENTAL SURGERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IODOPHORS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POVIDONE-IODINE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 2342591372     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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