Fluoride varnish concentration gradient and its effect on enamel demineralization

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Hazelrigg, Chad O ^a   Dean, Jeffrey A ^b,c   Fontana, Margherita ^c  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics ^*  (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY SHIELD; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SODIUM FLUORIDE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0038578265     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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