Comparison between Two Assessment Tests for Oral Hygiene: Adenosine Triphosphate + Adenosine Monophosphate Swab Test and Bacteria Number Counting by Dielectrophoretic Impedance Measurement

• Main Authors: Yuki Iwawaki (Author), Yuki Muraoka (Author), Hiroaki Higashiyama (Author), Takahiro Kishimoto (Author), Lipei Liu (Author), Takaharu Goto (Author), Tetsuo Ichikawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective assessments of oral hygiene are important to prevent oral and systemic diseases. Two objective assessment tests are available to assess oral hygiene; (1) the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) + adenosine monophosphate (AMP) swab test, which incorporates a luciferase assay and (2) a bacteria cou...