Economic evaluation of a risk-based caries prevention program in preschool children

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 110-114

  Jokela, Jorma ^a   Pienihäkkinen, Kaisu ^b  

^a Municipal Health Center   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Costs; Mutans streptococci; Paediatric dentistry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0038561086     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350310002450     Document Type: Article

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