Relationship between S. Mutans and the autofluorescence of carious dentin

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-236

  Banerjee, Avijit ^a   Gilmour, Alan ^b   Kidd, Edwina ^a   Watson, Timothy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DISEASE;

BICUSPID; CHELATING AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; EDETIC ACID; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 7944225915     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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