An assessment of the cost effectiveness of a postal toothpaste programme to prevent caries among five-year-old children in the North West of England

Community Dental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 207-210

  Davies, G M ^a,e   Worthington, H V ^b   Ellwood, R P ^c   Blinkhorn, A S ^b   Taylor, G O ^b   Davies, R M ^c   Considine, J ^d  

^a Ctrl Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Cost effectiveness; Fluoride toothpaste; Health promotion; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARIES PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0347480389     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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