Timing of Colonization of Caries-Producing Bacteria: An Approach Based on Studying Monozygotic Twin Pairs

• Main Authors: Michelle R. Bockmann (Author), Abbe V. Harris (Author), Corinna N. Bennett (Author), Ruba Odeh (Author), Toby E. Hughes (Author), Grant C. Townsend (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Findings are presented from a prospective cohort study of timing of primary tooth emergence and timing of oral colonization of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) in Australian twins. The paper focuses on differences in colonization timing in genetically identical monozygotic (MZ) twins. Timing of toot...