Antimicrobial activity of ginger and honey on isolates of extracted carious teeth during orthodontic treatment

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Patel, Roopal V ^a   Thaker, Vidhi T ^a   Patel, V K ^a  

^a Department of Public Health Dentistry   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial activity; Carious teeth; Ginger; Honey; Orthodontic treatment; Scofriendly medicine; Streptococcus mutans; Susceptibility test

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; GINGER EXTRACT;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILONNELA ALCALIGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84857953583     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60124-X     Document Type: Article

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