Dental check-up intervals and caries preventive measures received by adolescents in Finland

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-161

  Kärkkäinen, Sakari ^a   Seppä, Liisa ^a   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dental caries; Dental records; Oral examination; Preventive dentistry; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FINLAND; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035462469     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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