The bacteriology of the supragingival plaque of child dental patients in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Salako, N O ^a   Rotimi, V O ^a   Preeta, R ^a   Khodakhast, F ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Kuwait; Microbiology; Supragingival plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTEROIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STANDARDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE;

EID: 3042596901     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078314     Document Type: Article

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