title: Salivary Bacterial Levels and Clinic Attendance Patterns may be Longitudinally Associated with Caries Outcomes in Established Adult Dental Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multicenter study on caries risk assessment in Japanese adult patients. Arino M, Ito A, Fujiki S, Sugiyama S, Mayashi M. J Dent 2015;43(10):1223-8.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, an independent administrative institution under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, provided a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (25293387) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective cohort (chart review).
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Chaffee
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003731:Dental Caries; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment