Isolation of Scardovia wiggsiae using real-time polymerase chain reaction from the saliva of children with early childhood caries

• Main Authors: Preetika Chandna (Author), Nikhil Srivastava (Author), Alpana Sharma (Author), Vrinda Sharma (Author), Nidhi Gupta (Author), Vivek Kumar Adlakha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: This study aimed to quantitatively assess the levels of Scardovia wiggsiae in caries-free and early childhood caries (ECC)- and severe ECC (SECC)-affected children using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Methods: Forty-five children aged <71 months were randomly recruited from th...