A laboratory assessment of enamel hypoplasia of teeth with varying severities of dental fluorosis

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 672-677

  Sapov, K ^a   Gedalia, I ^a   Grobler, S ^b   Lewinstein, I ^c   Roman, I ^d   Shapira, L ^a   Hirschfeld, Z ^a   Teotia, S ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Medical College of Meerut   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTIN; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HARDNESS; HUMANS; INDIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; TOOTH CROWN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033174338     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1999.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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