Comparative anticaries efficacy of sodium fluoride and sodium monofluorophosphate dentifrices. A two-year caries clinical trial on children in New Jersey and Puerto Rico

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-226

  Saporito, Robert A ^b   Elias Boneta, Augusto R ^c   Feldman, Cecile A ^b   Cinotti, William ^b   Sintes, Jorge L ^a   Stewart, Bernal ^a   Volpe, Anthony R ^a   Proskin, Howard M ^d  

^a Oral Care Research and Development   (United States)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Howard M Proskin & Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ALPHA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ANTICARIES AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC; DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRACALCIUM PHOSPHATE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUERTO RICO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIFRICES; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOSPHATES; PUERTO RICO; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM FLUORIDE; STATISTICS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034252766     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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