Biological mechanisms of early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 8-27

  Seow, W Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby bottle tooth decay; Early childhood caries; Enamel hypoplasia; Infant caries; Milk cariogenicity; Mutans streptococci; Nursing caries

Indexed keywords

ACID;

AGE; BABY FOOD; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACIDS; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; ORAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031604896     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb02090.x     Document Type: Article

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