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Chewing-Stick Practices Using Plants with Anti-Streptococcal Activity in a Ugandan Rural Community

Background: The high dental disease burden in developing countries has created a need to explore and develop cheap and accessible methods of dental disease prevention. Traditional toothbrushes (chewing-sticks) prepared from specific plants have been used for dental hygiene for generations. When prop...

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Autores principales: Odongo, Charles Okot, Musisi, Nathan Lubowa, Waako, Paul, Obua, Celestino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21687508
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2011.00013