Caries experience and quantification of streptococcus mutans and streptococcus sobrinus in saliva of Sudanese schoolchildren

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-407

  Nurelhuda, N M ^a,b,c   Al Haroni, M ^d   Trovik, T A ^b   Bakken, V ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacteria quantification; Caries; FTA cards; Polymerase chain reaction; Saliva; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sobrinus; Sudanese schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SUDAN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALIVA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SUDAN;

EID: 77955531838     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316664     Document Type: Article

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