Aciduric microbiota and mutans streptococci in severe and recurrent severe early childhood caries

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hughes, Christopher V ^a   Dahlan, Mohammed ^a   Papadopolou, Eleftheria ^a   Loo, Cheen Y ^b   Pradhan, Nooruddin S ^b   Lu, Shulin C ^c   Mathney, Jennifer M J ^c   Bravoco, Alexandra ^c   Kent, Ralph L ^c   Tanner, Anne C R ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Severe early childhood caries; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sobrinus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860629417     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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