Fluoridated elastomers: Effect on the microbiology of plaque

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Benson, Philip E ^a,b,c   Douglas, C W Ian ^a,b   Martin, Michael V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ELASTOMER; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTHWASH; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELASTOMERS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 4444357272     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2003.07.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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