The limitations of a 'high-risk' approach for the prevention of dental caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-312

  Batchelor, Paul ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Patterns; Prevention; Risk; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036689696     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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