Medically administered antibiotics, dietary habits, fluoride intake and dental caries experience in the primary dentition

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-51

  Mariri, Boipelo P ^a   Levy, Steven M ^a   Warren, John J ^a,c   Bergus, George R ^b   Marshall, Teresa A ^a   Broffitt, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Dental caries; Diet; Fluoride; Tooth brushing habits

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORIDE; ANTICARIES AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH BRUSHING; BEVERAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARIOGENIC DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INCOME; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEVERAGES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0038193851     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2003.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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