A two-year longitudinal study of dental caries in permanent first molars of Korean elementary schoolchildren

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-122

  Cho, Bon Kyoung ^b   Kwon, Ho Keun ^b   Kim, Kwon Soo ^b   Kim, Young Nam ^b   Caplan, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caries; Children; Korea; Longitudinal study; Molar; Pit and fissure sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; STATISTICS; TOOTH ERUPTION;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; TOOTH ERUPTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035293740     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03376.x     Document Type: Article

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