S. mutans biofilm model to evaluate antimicrobial substances and enamel demineralization

The aim of this study was to validate a model of S. mutans biofilm formation, which simulated 'feast-famine' episodes of exposure to sucrose that occur in the oral cavity, showed dose-response susceptibility to antimicrobials and allowed the evaluation of substances with anticaries potenti...

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Main Authors: Renzo Alberto Ccahuana-Vásquez, Jaime Aparecido Cury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2010-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242010000200002