Prevention. Part 7: Professionally applied topical fluorides for caries prevention

British Dental Journal

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Hawkins, R ^a   Locker, D ^a   Noble, J ^a   Kay, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOR PROTECTOR; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; ACIDULATED FLUOROPHOSPHATE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; POLYURETHAN; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UPTAKE; FOAM; GEL; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NAUSEA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TOOTH COLOR; VOMITING; ADULT; DRUG COMBINATION; PATIENT SELECTION;

ACIDULATED PHOSPHATE FLUORIDE; ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; GELS; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYURETHANES; SILANES; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 0642368292     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810527     Document Type: Review

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