Dental caries: A dynamic disease process

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-291

  Featherstone, J D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demineralization; Dental caries; Remineralization

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; FLUORIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DISEASE COURSE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL SOLUBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIN SOLUBILITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 49749143713     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2008.00064.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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