The prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among 12-year-old schoolchildren in Jordan

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Hamdan, M A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH DISEASE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENAMEL; FLUORIDATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; JORDAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037637647     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2003.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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