Coaggregation between probiotic bacteria and caries-associated strains: An in vitro study

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 284-288

  Twetman, Lisa ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^a   Fiehn, Nils Erik ^b   Steckésn Blicks, Christina ^c   Twetman, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COAGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PROBIOTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350495891     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350902984237     Document Type: Article

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