Probiotics and oral healthcare

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-147

  Teughels, Wim ^a   Van Essche, Mark ^a   Sliepen, Isabelle ^a   Quirynen, Marc ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; DENTAL CARIES; DIET THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; OROPHARYNX; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HALITOSIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; OROPHARYNX; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROBIOTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 49349099557     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: 16000757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2008.00254.x     Document Type: Review

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