The effects of a supervised toothbrushing programme on the caries increment of primary school children, initially aged 5-6 years

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Jackson, R J ^a,b   Newman, H N ^a   Smart, G J ^a   Stokes, E ^a   Hogan, J I ^a   Brown, C ^a   Seres, J ^a  

^a Oral Diseases Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluoride toothpaste; Primary school children; Supervised toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; TOOTHPASTE; ANTICARIES AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHER; TOOTH BRUSHING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONDON; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 15744387119     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083155     Document Type: Article

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