Association of free amino acids with caries experience and mutans streptococci levels in whole saliva of children with early childhood caries

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Fonteles, Cristiane S R ^a   Guerra, Milene H ^a,b   Ribeiro, Thyciana R ^a,b   Mendonça, Danielle N ^a,b   de Carvalho, Cibele B M ^a,b   Monteiro, André J ^a,b   Toyama, Daniela O ^a,c   Toyama, Marcos H ^a,d   Fonteles, Manasses C ^a,b  

^a Federal University of Ceará ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Early childhood caries; Glycine; Mutans streptococci; Proline; Saliva

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; PROLINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 56949101441     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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