Caries risk profiles of 12-13-year-old children in Laos and Sweden

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Tayanin, G L ^a   Hansel Petersson G ^a   Bratthall, Douglas ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buffering capacity; Caries risk factors; Cariogram; Lactobacilli; Lao PDR; Mutans streptococci; Salivary secretion rate

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LAOS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LAOS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 20144366763     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10071     Document Type: Article

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