Maternal transmission of mutans streptococci in severe-early childhood caries

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Mitchell, Stephen C ^a   Ruby, John D ^a   Moser, Stephen ^a   Momeni, Stephanie ^a   Smith, Anita ^b   Osgood, Robert ^c   Litaker, Mark ^a   Childers, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariology; Infant oral health early childhood caries; Microbiology; Mutans streptococci; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 69049103616     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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