The 'strip method': A simple method for plaque pH assessment

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-344

  Carlen A ^a,b   Hassan, H ^a   Lingstrom P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

pH indicator strips; Plaque acidogenicity; Plaque pH; Stephan curves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; PH; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; TEST STRIP; TITRIMETRY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE VALUES; TITRIMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954247744     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315273     Document Type: Article

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