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Effects of tongue cleaning on bacterial flora in tongue coating and dental plaque: a crossover study

BACKGROUND: The effects of tongue cleaning on reconstruction of bacterial flora in dental plaque and tongue coating itself are obscure. We assessed changes in the amounts of total bacteria as well as Fusobacterium nucleatum in tongue coating and dental plaque specimens obtained with and without tong...

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Autores principales: Matsui, Miki, Chosa, Naoyuki, Shimoyama, Yu, Minami, Kentaro, Kimura, Shigenobu, Kishi, Mitsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24423407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-4