OBJECTIVE
The aim was to assess possible relationship between oral hygiene, salivary cariogenic microflora, buffer capacity, secretion rate and caries experience in 6 year olds and 12 year olds in Riga, and to evaluate these variables in relation to caries risk.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
50 children aged 6 and 71 children aged 12 were examined clinically and by bitewing X-ray for caries diagnosis...