A longitudinal case-control study of caries development from birth to 36 months

Caries Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-127

  Plonka, K A ^a,b   Pukallus, M L ^b   Barnett, A G ^c   Holcombe, T F ^b   Walsh, L J ^a   Seow, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Metro South Health Service District   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Primary dentition

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CASEIN; CASEIN PHOSPHOPEPTIDE AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE NANOCOMPLEX; CASEIN PHOSPHOPEPTIDE-AMORPHOUS CALCIUM PHOSPHATE NANOCOMPLEX; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PACIFIER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PACIFIERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84870291079     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345073     Document Type: Article

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