Use of the significant caries index in quantifying the changes in caries in Switzerland from 1964 to 2000

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Marthaler, Thomas ^a   Menghini, Giorgio ^a   Steiner, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caries; DMFT; Epidemiology; Significant Caries Index; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 23844511907     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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