Systematic review of studies comparing the anti-caries efficacy of children's toothpaste containing 600 ppm of fluoride or less with high fluoride toothpastes of 1,000 ppm or above

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Ammari, A B ^a   Bloch Zupan, A ^a   Ashley, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Dentifrice; Fluoride; High concentration; Low concentration; Meta analysis; Review; Systematic; Toothpaste

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE; ANTICARIES AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTHPASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037968247     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069022     Document Type: Review

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