Probiotic intervention improves gingival status and influences the salivary levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 in healthy adults
The effect of orally administered Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on the amount of plaque, gingival inflammation, oral microbiota and salivary mutans streptococci, as well as on levels of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP)-8, MMP-9, and of Tissue Inhibitor of...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Oral Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2017.1325214 |