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Characteristics of Streptococcus mutans genotypes and dental caries in children.
European journal of oral sciences - 1 Jun 2013
Cheon Kyounga, Moser Stephen A, Wiener Howard W, Whiddon Jennifer, Momeni Stephanie S, Ruby John D, Cutter Gary R, Childers Noel K
Abstract excerpt
This longitudinal cohort study evaluated the diversity, commonality, and stability of Streptococcus mutans genotypes associated with dental caries history. Sixty-seven 5- and 6-yr-old children, considered as being at high caries risk, had plaque collected from baseline through 36 months for S. mutans isolation and genotyping using repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR (4,392 total isolates). Decayed, missing, or...
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