Study of microbial diversity in saliva and plaque samples from caries-free and caries-affected children using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis

• Main Authors: G A Raviraj (Author), Kishore G Bhat (Author), Manohar S Kugaji (Author), Vijay M Kumbar (Author), Amruta Hooli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recent investigations have shown the possible involvement of bacteria other than mutans group and Lactobacilli in the etiology of caries. Molecular methods have been used to study the microbial diversity in caries-active (CA) and caries-free (CF) children. Among them, denaturing gradient...