Propylthiouracil (PROP) - A tool to determine taster status in relation to caries experience, streptococcus mutans levels and dietary preferences in children

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Verma, Priya ^a   Shetty, Vabitha ^a   Hegde, Amitha M ^a  

^a A B SHETTY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Caries experience; Dietary preferences; PROP; S.mutans; Taste perception

Indexed keywords

PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34047170827     PISSN: 10534628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.31.2.34302r2857511268     Document Type: Article

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