Prediction of caries in pre-school children in relation to fluoride exposure

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 523-528

  Twetman, Svante ^a,b   Petersson, Lars G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Pediatric Dentistry ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries prediction; Fluoride varnish; Mutans streptococci; Preschool children; Water fluoride

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030256168     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1996.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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