Dental caries and fluorosis prevalence study in a nonfluoridated Brazilian community: Trend analysis and toothpaste association

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-135

  Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a   Da Cunha, Fernanda Lopes ^a   Meneghim, Marcelo De Castro ^a   Werner, Carlos Wagner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Fluorosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RISK; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; TOOTHPASTE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034154352     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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