Mutans streptococci colonization and longitudinal caries detection with laser fluorescence in fissures of newly erupted 1st permanent molars

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Lundberg, Pernilla ^a,b   Morhed Hultvall, Maj Lis ^b   Twetman, Svante ^a,c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Teg Public Dental Clinic   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1st molars; Caries detection; Fissure morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; ETHICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LASER; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; MOLAR; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34548355239     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350701302516     Document Type: Article

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