Unacceptably high levels of fluoride in commercial preparations of silver fluoride

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-53

  Gotjamanos, Theo ^a   Afonso, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Silver fluoride

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HUMAN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTIFRICES; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031067691     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1997.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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