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Recent developments in dental plaque disclosants
Author(s) -
Gillings Barrie R. D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1977.tb04509.x
Subject(s) - fluorescein , dental plaque , dentistry , medicine , alizarin red , pathology , staining , fluorescence , optics , physics
A bstract — The use of erythrosin and fluorescein for disclosing dental plaque in 81 children aged 11–14 years and in 17 young men is reported. Erythrosin stained all plaque. When fluorescein was used, plaque, whether mature or recently exposed to sugars was disclosed under ultra‐violet light. In the children, the erythrosin stained approximately twice as extensively as fluorescein.