Effect of garlic on bacterial biofilm formation on orthodontic wire

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 895-900

  Lee, Heon Jin ^a   Park, Hyo Sang ^a   Kim, Kyo Han ^a   Kwon, Tae Yub ^a   Hong, Su Hyung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilm; Garlic extract; Glucosyltransferase; Orthodontic wire; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

1,3 ALPHA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; 1,3-ALPHA-D-GLUCAN SYNTHASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE D; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GARLIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GARLIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PLANT EXTRACTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 80052464799     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/121010-713.1     Document Type: Article

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