Dental fluorosis in permanent incisor teeth in relation to water fluoridation, social deprivation and toothpaste use in infancy

British Dental Journal

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 216-220

  Tabari, E D ^a   Ellwood, R ^b   Rugg Gunn, A J ^c   Evans, D J ^d   Davies, R M ^b  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Newcastle and North Tyneside and Northumberland Health Authorities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INCISOR; INFANT; MAXILLA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; DENTITION, PERMANENT; ENGLAND; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; INFANT; MAXILLA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHOTOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0034718250     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800726     Document Type: Article

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