Tooth-Surface Progression and Reversal Changes in Fluoridated and No-Longer-Fluoridated Communities over a 3-Year Period

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-105

  Maupomé, Gerardo ^a,d   Shulman, Jay D ^b   Clark, D Christopher ^d   Levy, Steven M ^c   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Caries progression reversal; Children; Epidemiologic survey; Fluoridation cessation; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 0035287472     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047439     Document Type: Article

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