Caries experience in inner-city preschoolers at the time of their initial dental visit

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 421-424

  Nainar, S M Hashim ^a,b   Crall, James J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DMF INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031265857     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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