[Relations between sodium fluoride sensitivity and cariogenic potential in Streptococcus mutans]
E Brambilla1, L Ghezzi, G Belluomo
1Università degli Studi di Milano, Istituto di Scienze Biomediche.
Prevenzione & Assistenza Dentale
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Supragingival plaque samples of a group of 59 schoolchildren were taken. The samples were cultivated on a selective medium for Streptococcus mutans and the isolated wild strains were tested for resistance to sodium fluoride (NaF). The results show the existence of a positive statistic correlation between the degree of resistance to NaF caries experience, obtained by DMFS of the experimental group.
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