Reversal of primary root caries lesions after daily intake of milk supplemented with fluoride and probiotic lactobacilli in older adults

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Petersson, Lars G ^a   Magnusson, Kerstin ^a   Hakestam, Ulf ^b   Baigi, Amir ^a   Twetman, Svante ^a,c  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Specialist Dental Clinic   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ECM; fluoride; milk; remineralization; root caries

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORIDE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; ROOT CARIES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 80053963257     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2011.568962     Document Type: Review

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