Microbiological screening for cariogenic bacteria in children 9 to 36 months of age

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-239

  Barsamian Wunsch, P ^a   Park, J H ^b,c   Watson, M R ^a   Tinanoff, N ^a   Minah, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early Childhood Caries; Lactobacilli; Microbiologic screening; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DILUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TONGUE; TOOTH PLAQUE; AGE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MOUTH; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TONGUE;

EID: 3843096217     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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