PRESENCE OF Streptococcus Mutans IN SALIVA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH DENTAL CARIES: ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE ISOLATES

Dental caries is a localized, transmissible, pathological infectious process that ends up in the destruction of hard dental tissue. Streptococcus mutans is considered to be the main cause of dental caries. Indeed, numerous reports have shown the close relationship between salivary levels of S. mutan...

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Main Authors: Fredy Gamboa, Mabel Estupiñan, Adriana Galindo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2004-06-01
Series:Universitas Scientiarum
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