How to Measure the Effects of Fluoride Treatments in Clinical Trials? Assessment: Modern versus Traditional Methods

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 30-33

  Angmar Månsson, Birgit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries activity; Caries lesions; Progression; Quantification; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE;

CALIBRATION; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROOT CARIES; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0347386338     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049107     Document Type: Article

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