Probiotics as oral health biotherapeutics

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1207-1220

  Saha, Shyamali ^a   Tomaro Duchesneau, Catherine ^a   Tabrizian, Maryam ^a   Prakash, Satya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Gingivitis; Oral microbiota; Periodontitis; Probiotic carrier systems; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; POVIDONE IODINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SEALANT; STANNOUS FLUORIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTERITIS; FLUOROSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOUTH ABSCESS; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MOUTH; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865308854     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2012.693474     Document Type: Review

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