Severity of dental caries among 12-year-old Sudanese children with different fluoride exposure

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Birkeland, Jan M ^a   Ibrahim, Y E ^b   Ghandour, I A ^b   Haugejorden, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Caries; Drinking water; Fluoride; Rural population; Tooth mortality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLAR TOOTH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDAN; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; SUDAN;

EID: 15844417193     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-004-0298-8     Document Type: Article

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