Caries Prevention in a Community-Dwelling Older Population

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 333-339

  Powell, L Virginia ^a   Persson, R E ^a   Kiyak, H A ^a   Hujoel, Ph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Chlorhexidine; Fluoride varnish; Geriatric population

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SCALING; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT CARIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033193003     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016531     Document Type: Article

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