Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 588-592 , July 2007

Effect of 40% chlorhexidine varnish on mutans streptococci counts in pits and fissures of permanent first molars

  • Qi Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Endodontics, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Luoyu Road 237, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430079, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 27 61032908; fax: +86 27 87647443.
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  • Jan Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Gert-Jan Truin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • W.H. van Palenstein Helderman

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Center for Oral Health Care Planning and Future Scenarios, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 27 January 2007 ,Revised 16 March 2007 ,Accepted 2 April 2007.

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PII: S0300-5712(07)00071-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2007.04.002

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 588-592 , July 2007

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