Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 365-373 , May 2010

Relationship among microbiological composition and presence of dental plaque, sugar exposure, social factors and different stages of early childhood caries

  • Thaís Manzano Parisotto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Av. Limeira, 901, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Carolina Steiner-Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Av. Limeira, 901, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Cristiane Duque

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Av. Limeira, 901, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Regina Célia Rocha Peres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Av. Limeira, 901, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lidiany Karla Azevedo Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing, Federal University of Ceará-UFC, Rua Cap. Francisco Pedro S/N - 60430-170 Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marinês Nobre-dos-Santos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Av. Limeira, 901, 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 19 21065290; fax: +55 19 21065218.

,Accepted 8 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.03.005

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 365-373 , May 2010

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