The prevalence of demarcated opacities in permanent first molars in a group of Swedish children

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 255-260

  Jälevik, Birgitta ^a   Klingberg, Gunilla ^b   Barregård, Lars ^b   Norén, Jörgen G ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental defects of the enamel; Epidemiology; Hypomineralization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035487154     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163501750541093     Document Type: Article

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