Caries Trends 1992-1998 in Two Low-Fluoride Finnish Towns Formerly with and without Fluoridation

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 462-468

  Seppä, Liisa ^a   Karkkainen S ^b   Hausen, H ^b  

^a Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental caries, frequency, polarization; Water fluoridation, discontinuation

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; FINLAND; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CALIBRATION; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FINLAND; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0042188796     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016624     Document Type: Article

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