Intra-oral distribution of dental fluorosis in Newburgh and Kingston, New York

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1508-1513

  Kumar, J ^a   Swango, P ^b   Haley, V ^a   Green, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dean's Index; Dental fluorosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENTIFRICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 0034442613     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345000790071301     Document Type: Article

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