Microbiota of plaque microcosm biofilms: Effect of three times daily sucrose pulses in different simulated oral environments

Caries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 413-422

  Sissons, C H ^a   Anderson, S A ^a   Wong, L ^a   Coleman, M J ^a   White, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial ecology; Biofilms; Checkerboard analysis; Oral environment; Plaque flora; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUCINS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 34548149496     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104801     Document Type: Article

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