Association between Bifidobacteriaceae and the clinical severity of root caries lesions

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Mantzourani, M ^a,b   Fenlon, M ^b   Beighton, D ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bifidobacterium; Dental caries; Fructose 6 phosphate phosphoketolase test; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SUBTILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARASCARDOVIA DENTICOLENS; SCARDOVIA; SCARDOVIA INOPICATA; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROOT CARIES;

EID: 57649155060     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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