Colony forming unit levels of salivary Lactobacilli and Streptococcus mutans in orthodontic patients

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-53

  Kupietzky, Ari ^a   Majumdar, Amith K ^b,c   Shey, Zia ^b   Binder, Robert ^b   Matheson, Pamela B ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33644693823     PISSN: 10534628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.30.1.wxp4870177030826     Document Type: Article

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