Oral antibacterial effect of chlorhexidine treatments and professional prophylaxis in children

• Main Authors: Thiago Cruvinel Silva (Author), Thaís Marchini Oliveira Valarelli (Author), Vivien Thiemy Sakai (Author), Vanessa Tessarolli (Author), Maria Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The primary aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate additional effects of 4-week chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX) gel treatments to control Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans counts in children after professional dental prophylaxis. Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus mutans cou...