Method to inhibit adhesion of disease-causing microorganisms to teeth

A composition and method for the inhibiting of adhesion of disease-causing microorganisms, such as Streptococcus mutans, to tooth surrfaces, which composition contains as an active ingredient a non-immunogenic amino acid segment of a proline rich protein and which method comprises treating a calcium...

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Hauptverfasser: HAY, DONALD I, MORENO, EDGARD G, GIBBONS, RONALD J
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Zusammenfassung:A composition and method for the inhibiting of adhesion of disease-causing microorganisms, such as Streptococcus mutans, to tooth surrfaces, which composition contains as an active ingredient a non-immunogenic amino acid segment of a proline rich protein and which method comprises treating a calcium-containing mineral surface, such as a tooth surface, with the composition.