The use of pit and fissure sealants

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 415-422

  Feigal, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fissure sealants; Pediatric dentistry; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTITION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036719049     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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