Caries decline before fluoride toothpaste was available: Earlier and greater decline in the rural north than in southwestern Norway

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-13

  Birkeland, Jan Magne ^a   Haugejorden, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; County; Dental care; Education; Flourides

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORWAY; POPULATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TABLET; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTS; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MOUTHWASHES; NORWAY; POPULATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TABLETS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0035257807     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163501300035689     Document Type: Article

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