Prevention of caries in children by preventive and operative dental care for mothers in rural Anatolia, Turkey

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Dülgergil, Ç Türksel ^a   Satici, Ömer ^b   Yildirim, Işil ^b   Yavuz, Izzet ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART); Bacterial transmission; Chlorhexidine rinsing; Fluoride varnish; Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARIES PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH FLORA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TURKEY;

EID: 10644268442     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350410001685     Document Type: Article

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