Oral hygiene as a risk indicator of enamel and dentin caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Mascarenhas, Ana Karina ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3167 Postle Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dentin caries; Enamel caries; Poor oral hygiene; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DENTITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTIN; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0032186223     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01969.x     Document Type: Article

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