Effect of water containing organic acids on aspiration pneumonia-causative bacteria in the biofilm on the tooth surface

• Main Authors: Tomoko Umezawa (Author), Masahiro Ryu (Author), Akinori Tasaka (Author), Takayuki Ueda (Author), Kazuyuki Ishihara (Author), Kaoru Sakurai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: The tooth surface is a source of oral microbes in dentulous individuals, it is difficult for elderly people requiring nursing care to perform mechanical tooth cleaning by themselves. The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial effect of water containing organ...