Effect of long-term consumption of milk supplemented with probiotic lactobacilli and fluoride on dental caries and general health in preschool children: A cluster-randomized study

Caries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 374-381

  Stecksen Blicks C ^a   Sjostrom I ^a   Twetman, S ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Otitis media; Prevention; Probiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK; OTITIS MEDIA; PROBIOTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749118629     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235581     Document Type: Article

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