Caries prevalence of children in an infant oral health educational program at a WIC clinic

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-234

  Nurko, Carlos ^a,b   Skur, Patricia ^a,c   Brown, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoride dentifrice; Infant oral health; Tooth cleaning

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; ANTICARIES AGENT; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH BRUSHING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREVALENCE; TEXAS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 1642368403     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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