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ATP Research

ATP Bioluminescence Research
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
Analytical Biochemistry, April 2004, “Detection of cariogenic bacteria genes by a combination of allele-specific polymerase chain reactions and a novel bioluminescent pyrophosphate assay”
Hidetoshi Arakawa, Koji Karasawa, Takeshi Igarashi, Shigeya Suzuki, Nobuichi Goto, Masako Maeda.
The use of ATP bioluminescence as a measure of cell proliferation and cytotoxicity.
J Immunol Methods. 1993 Mar 15; 160(1):81-8. By S.P. Crouch, R. Kozlowski, K.J. Slater, J. Fletcher.
 

CAMBRA Research

The caries balance: the basis for caries management by risk assessment.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2004;2 Suppl 1:259-64. By J.D. Featherstone.
 

Dental Caries Research

Plaques from different individuals yield different microbiota responses to oral-antiseptic treatment.
Filoche SK, Soma D, van Bekkum M, Sissons CH., Dental Research Group, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. sara.filoche@otago.ac.nz, Epub 2008 Jul 18
Risk-based early prevention in comparison with routine prevention of dental caries: a 7-year follow-up of a controlled clinical trial; clinical and economic aspects.
Pienihäkkinen K, Jokela J, Alanen P, BMC Oral Health 2005, (23 March 2005)
Streptococcus mutans, lactobacilli and dental health in 13-14-year-old Swedish children.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1982 Apr;10(2):77-81. By  I. Zickert, C.G. Emilson, B. Krasse.
Effect of caries preventive measures in children highly infected with the bacterium Streptococcus mutans.
Arch Oral Biol. 1982;27(10):861-8. By  I. Zickert, C.G. Emilson, B. Krasse.
Grouping of tooth surfaces by susceptibility to caries: a study in 5–16 year-old children.
Batchelor PA, Sheiham A, BMC Oral Health 2004, (28 October 2004)
 

Ingredient Information

Antibacterial Compounds from Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Jian He, Li Chen, David Heber, Wenyuan Shi, and Quing-Yi Lu, American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy 2006.  School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
A high molecular mass cranberry constituent reduces mutans streptococci level in saliva and inhibits in vitro adhesion to hydroxyapatite.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2004 Mar 12;232(1):89-92.  By E.I Weiss, A. Kozlovsky, D. Steinberg, R. Lev-Dor, R. Bar Ness Greenstein, M. Feldman, N. Sharon, I. Ofek.
Experimental study on polyphenol anti-plaque effect in human.
Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2000 Sep;35(5):383-4.  By T. Liu, Y. Chi.
 

pH Research

Dental plaque as a biofilm and a microbial community – implications for health and disease.
Philip D Marsh, BMC Oral Health 2006, (15 June 2006)
Caries Ecology Revisited: Microbial Dynamics and the Caries Process
Takahashi N, Nyvad B., Division of Oral Ecology and Biochemistry, Department of Oral Biology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan.
 

Sodium Hypochlorite Research

Selections of antimicrobial agents in periodontal therapy
Slots J. Selection of antimicrobial agents in periodontal therapy.  J Periodont Res 2002; 37; 389-398. Blackwell Munksgaard, 2002.
Detoxication and Disinfection with Sodium Hypochlorite
V.L. Eventov, M. Yu. Andrianova, and E. A. Kukaeva
 

Xylitol Research

Effect of xylitol on mutans streptococci and lactic acid formation in saliva and plaque from adolescents and young adults with fixed orthodontic appliances.
Eur J Oral Sci. 2004 Jun;112(3):244-8. By C.Stecksen-Blicks, P.L. Holgerson, M. Olsson, B. Bylund, I. Sjostrom, K Skold-Larsson, S. Kalfas, S. Twetman.
Remineralization effects of xylitol on demineralized enamel.
J Electron Microsc (Tokyo). 2003;52(5):471-6. By Y. Miake, Y. Saeki, M. Takahashi, T. Yanagisawa.
Effect of xylitol-containing chewing gums on lactic acid production in dental plaque from caries active pre-school children.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2003;1(3):195-9. By S. Twetman, C. Stecksen-Blicks.
Effect of maternal use of chewing gums containing xylitol, chlorhexidine or fluoride on mutans streptococci colonization in the mothers' infant children.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2003;1(1):53-7. By I. Thorild, B. Lindau, S. Twetman.