Exploring the oral microbiota of children at various developmental stages of their dentition in the relation to their oral health.

BMC Med Genomics · 2011 · PMC3058002 · PMID 21371338

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The plaque amount (Table 1 ) showed a trend to decrease with increasing age (Pearson correlation, p = 0.04, r = -0.239) and correlated with the number of carious surfaces ( p = 0.026, r = 0.259).

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