Dentures are a Reservoir for Respiratory Pathogens

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 99-104

  O'Donnell, Lindsay E ^a   Smith, Karen ^b   Williams, Craig ^b   Nile, Chris J ^a   Lappin, David F ^a   Bradshaw, David ^c   Lambert, Margaret ^c   Robertson, Douglas P ^a   Bagg, Jeremy ^a   Hannah, Victoria ^a   Ramage, Gordon ^a  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Denture plaque; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Respiratory; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE DENTURE; HUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTURE, COMPLETE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS, DENTURE;

EID: 84958866158     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: 1532849X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopr.12342     Document Type: Article

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