Combinatorial effects of aromatic 1,3 – disubstituted ureas and fluoride on in vitro inhibition of Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation
Dental caries occurs as a result of disequilibrium between acid producing pathogenic bacteria and alkali generating commensal bacteria within a dental biofilm (dental plaque). S. mutans has been reported as a primary cariogenic pathogen associated with dental caries. Emergence of multidrug resistant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00861/full |