Salivary mutans streptococci counts as indicators in caries risk assessment in 6-7-year-old Chinese children

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-180

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Bian, Zhuan ^a   Fan, Mingwen ^a   van Palenstein Helderman, W H ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caries prediction; Caries risk assessment; Salivary mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CHINA; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

CHILD; CHINA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DMF INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 33845984597     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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