Comparison of the use of the halimeter and the oral chroma™ in the assessment of the ability of common cultivable oral anaerobic bacteria to produce malodorous volatile sulfur compounds from cysteine and methionine

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-79

  Salako, Nathanael O ^a   Philip, Leeba ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Halimeter; Oral Chroma; Oral malodor

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTEINE; DENTAL PLAQUE; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; METHIONINE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 78650470476     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319760     Document Type: Article

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