The Efficay of an Intraoral Fluoride-Releasing System in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Study

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1252-1259

  Meyerowitz, Cyril ^a   Watson II, Gene E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; ROOT CARIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 0032161988     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0422     Document Type: Article

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