Success with pit and fissure sealants

Dentistry Today

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-133

  Strassler, Howard E ^a   Grebosky, Mark ^a   Porter, Judith ^a   Arroyo, Jeremi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; GLASS IONOMER; RESIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RESIN CEMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DENTAL SURGERY; LASER; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; LASERS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RESIN CEMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 15044362369     PISSN: 87502186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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