Salivary levels of Bifidobacteria in caries-free and caries-active children

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Gilbert, Steven C ^a   Sheehy, Evelyn C ^a   Beighton, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; YEAST;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTITION, MIXED; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES; YEASTS;

EID: 84870687848     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2011.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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