Open AccessMicrobiological evaluation of salivary Streptococcus mutans from children of age 5-7 years, pre- and post-atraumatic restorative treatment
Author(s) -
N M Roshan,
Kamal Shigli,
Shobha Deshpande
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.68602
Subject(s) - medicine , saliva , dentistry , glass ionomer cement , streptococcus mutans , biology , bacteria , genetics
The objective of the study was to monitor Streptococcus mutans (SM) counts in saliva of children aged 5-7 years old over a period of 6 months with the subsequent use of Fuji IX, glass ionomer cement in atraumatic restorative technique (ART).