A blind caries and fluorosis prevalence study of school-children in naturally fluoridated and nonfluoridated townships of Morayshire, Scotland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-79

  Stephen, Kenneth W ^a   Macpherson, Lorna M D ^a   Gilmour, W Harper ^b   Stuart, Russell A M ^c   Merrett, Martyn C W ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind; Children; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Fluorosis; Natural water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAXILLA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIFRICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SCOTLAND; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036480455     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300110.x     Document Type: Article

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