Application of the Zürich biofilm model to problems of cariology

Caries Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-222

  Guggenheim, Bernhard ^a   Guggenheim, Merlin ^a   Gmür, Rudolf ^a   Giertsen, Elin ^b   Thurnheer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Biofilms; Caries; Demineralization; Mouth rinses; Remineralization; Three dimensional morphology; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENE PRODUCT;

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; ENAMEL; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PREDICTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RELIABILITY; SWITZERLAND; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 2642534241     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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