Dental fluorosis and caries experience in relation to three different drinking water fluoride levels in South Africa

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 372-379

  Grobler, S R ^a,b   Louw, A J ^a   Van W Kotze, T J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035464023     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7439.2001.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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