Risk/prevention indicators for the prevalence of dental caries in schoolchildren: Results from the italian ohsar survey

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-19

  Perinetti, G ^a   Caputi, S ^a   Varvara, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Epidemiology; Primary permanent dentition; Risk preventive indicators; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; MINERAL WATER;

CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MINERAL WATERS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 10844220551     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081651     Document Type: Review

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