Discriminant ability for caries risk of modified colorimetric tests

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Baca, Pilar ^a   Parejo, Encarnación ^a   Bravo, Manuel ^a   Castillo, Ana ^b   Liébana, José ^b  

^a Preventive and Community Dentistry ^*  (Spain)

^b Oral Microbiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alban test; Caries risk; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Salivary tests; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA LEVEL; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

CHILD; COLORIMETRY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80755156258     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.17358     Document Type: Article

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