The relationship between dental caries status and dental plaque urease activity

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Shu, M ^a   Morou Bermudez, E ^b,c   Suarez Perez E ^b   Rivera Miranda, C ^c   Browngardt, C M ^d   Chen, Y Y M ^e   Magnusson, I ^d   Burne, R A ^d  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkali; Ammonia; Biofilm; Dental caries; Ecology; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AMMONIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 33846228770     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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