Potential of 4 per cent silver fluoride to induce fluorosis in rats: Clinical implications

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Gotjamanos, Theo ^a   Ma, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caries in children; Fluorosis; Potential toxicity; Silver fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SILVER FLUORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034268929     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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