Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 249-254 , March 2010

The effect of sucrose on plaque and saliva urease levels in vivo

  • E. Toro

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, School of Dental Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  • M.M. Nascimento

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
    • ,
  • E. Suarez-Perez

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, School of Public Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • ,
  • R.A. Burne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
    • ,
  • A. Elias-Boneta

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, School of Dental Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • ,
  • E. Morou-Bermudez

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, School of Dental Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan 00936-5067, Puerto Rico. Tel.: +787 758 2525x2523; fax: +787 763 4868.

,Accepted 28 December 2009.

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PII: S0003-9969(10)00002-6

doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.12.007

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 249-254 , March 2010

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