Stepwise Prediction of Dental Caries in Children up to 3.5 Years of Age

Caries Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 256-266

  Grindefjord, M ^a   Dahllof G ^a   Nilsson, B ^b   Modeer T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries incidence; Caries prediction; Immigrant; Mutans streptococci; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; SUGAR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MOUTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; BEVERAGES; CANDY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; MOUTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029691878     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262333     Document Type: Article

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