The prevalence of dental caries and fluorosis in Japanese communities with up to 1.4 ppm of naturally occurring fluoride

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Tsutsui, Akihito ^a   Yagi, Minoru ^b   Horowitz, Alice M ^c  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTHBRUSHING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034208565     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2000.tb03320.x     Document Type: Article

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