Fluoride supplements and caries in a non-fluoridated child population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-123

  Wang, N J ^a,c   Riordan, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Geol Society of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c Institute of Community Dentistry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Epidemiology; Fluoride supplements; Fluoride toothpaste; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0033114088     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02000.x     Document Type: Article

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