Caries prevention with chlorhexidine-thymol varnish in high risk schoolchildren

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 419-423

  Splieth, Christian ^a   Steffen, Heike ^a   Rosin, Michael ^a   Welk, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Chlorhexidine; High caries risk

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; PAINT; THYMOL; TOOTHPASTE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PAINT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASTE; THYMOL; TOOTHPASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034572464     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.028006419.x     Document Type: Article

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