Prevention of early childhood caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 49-61

  Ismail, Amid I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby bottle tooth decay; Dental caries; Early childhood caries; Infants; Nursing caries; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

BABY FOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MASS SCREENING; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ORAL HYGIENE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031615523     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb02094.x     Document Type: Article

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