Effects of short-term xylitol gum chewing on the oral microbiome

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-244

  Söderling, Eva ^a   ElSalhy, Mohamed ^b   Honkala, Eino ^b   Fontana, Margherita ^c   Flannagan, Susan ^c   Eckert, George ^c,d   Kokaras, Alexis ^e   Paster, Bruce ^e,f   Tolvanen, Mimmi ^a   Honkala, Sisko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HOMIM; Microbiota; Mutans streptococci; Sorbitol; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

CHEWING GUM; XYLITOL;

CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHEWING GUM; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MOUTH; XYLITOL;

EID: 84896440115     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-014-1229-y     Document Type: Article

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