Temporal changes in dental caries levels and patterns in a Native American preschool population

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Douglass, Joanna M ^a   O'Sullivan, David M ^a   Tinanoff, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Child, preschool; Dental caries; Mutans streptococci; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; BICUSPID; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL AUDIT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0030155818     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02432.x     Document Type: Article

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