Effect of water containing organic acids on aspiration pneumonia-causative bacteria in the biofilm on the tooth surface

Background/purpose: The tooth surface is a source of oral microbes in dentulous individuals, it is difficult for elderly people requiring nursing care to perform mechanical tooth cleaning by themselves. The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial effect of water containing organ...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Umezawa, Masahiro Ryu, Akinori Tasaka, Takayuki Ueda, Kazuyuki Ishihara, Kaoru Sakurai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790217300533