Influence of a fluoride mouthrinse on mutans streptococci in schoolchildren

Caries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-507

  Kaneko, Noboru ^a   Yoshihara, Akihiro ^a   Ida, Hirohisa ^b,c   Nomura, Yoshiaki ^d   Imai, Susumu ^b   Nisizawa, Toshiki ^b   Sakuma, Shihoko ^a   Hanada, Nobuhiro ^b   Miyazaki, Hideo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c 350 1101   (Japan)

^d TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cariogenicity; Fluoride mouthrinse; Mutans streptococci; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TIME;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750360228     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095649     Document Type: Article

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