The effect of 1% chlorhexidine varnish and 40% xylitol solution on streptococcus mutans and plaque accumulation in children

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 484-490

  Moraes, Renata Simões ^a   Modesto, Adriana ^b   Dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^c   Drake, David ^d  

^a University of Pittsburgh ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariology; Chlorhexidine; Preventive Dentistry; Streptococcus Mutans; X Ylitol

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; XYLITOL;

EID: 83655191454     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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