Dental caries and enamel fluorosis among the fluoridated and non-fluoridated populations in the Republic of Ireland in 2002

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-44

  Whelton, H ^a   Crowley, E ^a   O'Mullane, D ^a   Donaldson, M ^a   Kelleher, V ^a   Cronin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caries; Epidemiology; Fluoridation; Fluorosis; National survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; ENAMEL FLUOROSIS; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 2342655769     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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