The caries environment: Saliva, pellicle, diet, and hard tissue ultrastructure

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-467

  Hara, Anderson T ^a   Zero, Domenick T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries environment; Dietary modifications; Salivary factors; Tooth structure

Indexed keywords

SALIVA PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PELLICLE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALIVA; TOOTH;

BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PELLICLE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; HUMANS; MOUTH; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; TOOTH;

EID: 77953902687     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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