Oral administration of Lactobacillus reuteri during the first year of life reduces caries prevalence in the primary dentition at 9 years of age

Caries Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-117

  Stensson, M ^a   Koch, G ^b   Coric, S ^b   Abrahamsson, T R ^c   Jenmalm, M C ^c   Birkhed, D ^d   Wendt, L K ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries; Children; Gingivitis; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Probiotics; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84897808450     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354412     Document Type: Article

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