Dental caries: From infection to prevention

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Islam, Barira ^a   Khan, Shahper N ^a   Khan, Asad U ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cariogenic; Dental caries; S. mutans

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTICARIES AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; DNA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GUAVA EXTRACT; HARRISONIA PERFORALE EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPERMUM MORRISONI EXTRACT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METICILLIN; NEEM OIL; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPOLIS; RECOMBINANT DNA; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SALVADORA PERSICA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BACTERIOCINS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDICINE, HERBAL; ORAL HYGIENE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROBIOTICS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 36148950993     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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