Vaccine against dental caries- an urgent need

Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh ^a   Singh, Simarpreet ^a   Singh, Gurminder ^a   Singh, Rina ^a   Nanda, Tarun ^a   Kakar, Heena ^b  

^a Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^b Apollo Dental Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Experiments; S. mutans; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876959945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21577560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7560.1000136     Document Type: Article

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