Abnormally high fluoride levels in commercial preparations of 40 per cent silver fluoride solution: Contraindications for use in children

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 422-427

  Gotjamanos, Theo ^a   Orton, Vergil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorosis; Ion selective electrode; Paediatric dentistry; Silver fluoride

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORIDE VARNISH; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM FLUORIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER FLUORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HUMAN; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; SPECTROSCOPY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032249052     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1998.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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