Dental caries and fluorosis in low- and high-fluoride areas in Turkey

Quintessence International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 354-360

  Ermiş, R Banu ^a   Koray, Fatma ^b   Akdeniz, B Güniz ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Prevalence; Severity; Tooth Surface Index of Fluorosis (TSIF)

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH BRUSHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TOOTH DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0042207638     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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