Effect of an alcoholic diet on dental caries and on Streptococcus of the mutans group: study in rats Efeito de uma dieta alcoólica sobre cárie dentária e sobre estreptococos do grupo mutans: estudo em ratos

• Main Authors: Karla Zanini Kantorski (Author), Daniela Martins de Souza (Author), Verônica Quispe Yujra (Author), Juliana Campos Junqueira (Author), Antonio Olavo Cardoso Jorge (Author), Rosilene Fernandes da Rocha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of an alcohol diet on Streptococcus of the mutans group and on dental caries in the oral cavity of rats. Forty animals were divided into 3 groups according to the following liquid diets: 20% ethanol solution (Alcohol Group, AG), 27% sucrose sol...