Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis colonization correlated with caries experience in children

Caries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 444-448

  Ge, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a   Fisch, G S ^a   Li, Y ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sanguinis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 52849096623     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000159608     Document Type: Article

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