Comparative analysis of colony counts of different species of oral Streptococci in saliva of dentulous, edentulous and in those wearing partial and complete dentures

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 601-604

  Ealla, Kranti Kiran Reddy ^a   Ghanta, Suresh Babu ^b   Motupalli, Naveen Kumar ^c   Bembalgi, Mahanthesh ^d   Madineni, Praveen Kumar ^a   Raju, P Krishnam ^e  

^a MNR Dental College   (India)

^b VISHNU DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences ^*  (India)

^d Department of Prosthodontics   (India)

^e SRI SAI COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY   (India)

Author keywords

Complete and partial dentures; Culture; Saliva; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLETE DENTURE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURE; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TOOTH;

EID: 84893343107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1371     Document Type: Article

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