A simplified caries risk test in stimulated saliva from elderly patients

Gerodontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Sánchez García, Sergio ^a   Gutiérrez Venegas, Gloria ^b   Juárez Cedillo, Teresa ^a   Reyes Morales, Hortensia ^a   Solórzano Santos, Fortino ^c   García Peña, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ageing; Caries risk tests; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 43249097585     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2007.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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