Association between interdental plaque acidogenicity and caries risk at surface level: A cross sectional study in primary dentition

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Cagetti, Maria Grazia ^a   Campus, Guglielmo ^b   Sale, Silvana ^b   Cocco, Fabio ^b   Strohmenger, Laura ^a   Lingström, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIOGENIC AGENT; SUCROSE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; HUMAN; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAXILLA; MOLAR; SUCROSE; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 79551704047     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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