%0 Journal Article
%T Actividad anticaries de una crema dental con prop¨®leos
%A Gispert Abreu
%A Estela
%A Cantillo Estrada
%A Elena
%A Rivero L¨®pez
%A Aracelys
%A Padr¨®n Illance
%A Marela
%J Revista Cubana de Estomatolog£¿-a
%D 2000
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X 50 students with history of high infection caused by streptococcus mutans were selected by simple random sampling aimed at verifying the anticaries activity of a tooth paste containing 0.8 of soft propolis extract. 7 students did not conclude the study due to absences and transfers. 2 groups were created: a control group (n = 19) that brushed its teeth with a placebo tooth paste and the other under treatment (n = 24) that used a tooth paste with propolis. there was no significant difference between both groups as regards the cop-d caries index and the percentage of affection. a significant reduction of the caries index and of the percentage of affected individuals (q = p
%K streptococcal infections
%K streptococcus mutans
%K dental caries [prevention & conrol]
%K dental caries [drug therapy]
%K placebos [therapeutic use]
%K plant extracts [therapeutic use]
%K propolis [therapeutic use
%K ]
%K tooth paste [therapeutic use]
%K tooth brushing
%K students.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-75072000000300006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en