Effect of tablets containing probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus reuteri) on early caries lesions in adolescents: A pilot study

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 403-407

  Keller, M K ^a   Larsen, I Nøhr ^b   Karlsson, L ^c   Twetman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Public Dental Clinic   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enamel lesions; Laser fluorescence; Probiotics; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TABLET;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; ENAMEL; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISOR; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PILOT STUDY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET FORMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TABLET;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; PROBIOTICS; TABLETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907031327     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0089     Document Type: Article

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