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| Victoria S LucasSummaryAffiliation: University College London Country: UK Publications
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Composition of the oral streptococcal flora in healthy childrenV S Lucas
Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute, University of London, UK
J Dent 28:45-50. 2000..To identify the predominant streptococcal species in the mouths of healthy children and to investigate the composition of the oral streptococcal flora over a period of 4 months...- Oro-dental health in children with chronic renal failure and after renal transplantation: a clinical reviewVictoria S Lucas
Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, Division of Microbial Diseases, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LD, UK
Pediatr Nephrol 20:1388-94. 2005..Thus, only oro-dental problems that are mainly encountered and treated by dental surgeons are reviewed... 
Comparison of lysis filtration and an automated blood culture system (BACTEC) for detection, quantification, and identification of odontogenic bacteremia in childrenVictoria S Lucas
Department of Oral Medicine, The Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Healthcare Sciences, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 40:3416-20. 2002..4729), and the difference was not statistically significant. In summary, BACTEC is quicker than LyF, but less sensitive. LyF provides additional important information in estimating the intensity of bacteremia...- Dental health indices and caries associated microflora in children with unilateral cleft lip and palateV S Lucas
Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute, University of London, England
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 37:447-52. 2000..To investigate the dental health and caries related microflora of children with unilateral cleft lip and palate... - Oral health in children with chronic renal failureAbeer Al-Nowaiser
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Pediatr Nephrol 18:39-45. 2003..002). An integrated dental service needs to be developed with emphasis on tooth brushing to prevent gingival hyperplasia and periodontal disease after puberty... - The relationship between odontogenic bacteraemia and orthodontic treatment proceduresVictoria S Lucas
Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University of London, UK
Eur J Orthod 24:293-301. 2002..2, SD 9.1), compared with baseline (0.9, SD 0.2; P < 0.02). This investigation demonstrates that the only orthodontic treatment procedure that causes a significant bacteraemia is the placement of a separator... - Bacteraemia following debanding and gold chain adjustmentVictoria S Lucas
Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, UK
Eur J Orthod 29:161-5. 2007..Although the number of subjects undergoing gold chain adjustment was small, the findings demonstrate that neither upper debanding nor gold chain adjustment is associated with a significant bacteraemia... - Statistical analyses of complex denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profilesGavin P Gafan
Division of Microbial Diseases, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 43:3971-8. 2005..Furthermore, we have demonstrated that logistic regression is a good statistical method for analyzing and characterizing DGGE profiles... - Oral health of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritisNabila Ahmed
Department of Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
J Rheumatol 31:1639-43. 2004..02) and symptoms (p = 0.0001, p = 0.0001) compared with controls. CONCLUSION: The low caries rate was attributed to the fact that children with JIA had received preventive dental care from an early age combined with sugar free medication... - Prevalence of periodontal pathogens in dental plaque of childrenGavin P Gafan
Division of Microbial Diseases, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, 256 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 42:4141-6. 2004..forsythensis is associated with dental plaque at sites with no gingivitis... 
Dental and skeletal growth in early fossil homininsM Christopher Dean
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
Ann Hum Biol 36:545-61. 2009....- Dental age assessment (DAA): a study of a Caucasian population at the 13 year thresholdPriya N Chudasama
Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
J Forensic Leg Med 19:22-8. 2012..The purpose of this study was to develop a Reference Data Set for Dental Age Assessment at the 13 year old threshold in Caucasian children... - Dental age assessment (DAA): reference data for British children at the 10-year-old thresholdMonica Yadava
Guy s Hospital, London, UK
Int J Legal Med 125:651-7. 2011..DAA using meta-analysis provides a simple method of estimating the age of subjects of unknown birth date at the 10-year threshold. This is, presently, the most accurate method of age assessment for individuals of unknown date of birth... - Prevalence, intensity and nature of bacteraemia after toothbrushingVictoria S Lucas
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Kings College London, Dental Institute, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS, UK
J Dent 36:481-7. 2008..To estimate the prevalence, intensity and microbial identity of bacteraemia associated with toothbrushing...