Article
[Genotypic diversity of Streptococcus sobrinus in 3 to 4-year-old children suffering with severe early childhood caries].
Zhonghua kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Zhonghua kouqiang yixue zazhi = Chinese journal of stomatology - 1 Jun 2009
Qin Xiu-rong, Zhou Qiong, Qin Man
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the genotypic diversity of Streptococcus sobrinus (Ss) between children suffering with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) and caries-free children by arbitrarily primed-polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR). METHODS: A total of 178 children aged from 42 to 54 months were recruited from 14 urban kindergartens. The S-ECC group contained 87 children with more than 5 decayed teeth, and the...
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