Influence of the discontinuation of a school-based, supervised fluoride mouthrinsing programme on the prevalence of dental caries

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 258-261

  Yamaguchi, N ^a   Saito, T ^a   Oho, T ^a   Sumi, Y ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Koga, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental caries prevalence; DMFS; DMFT; Fluoride mouthrinse

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

BICUSPID; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLAR; MOUTHWASHES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031308506     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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