Natural history of treatment outcomes of permanent first molars: A study of sealant effectiveness

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1265-1272

  Bhuridej, Patita ^a   Damiano, Peter C ^b,c   Kuthy, Raymond A ^c   Flach, Stephen D ^d   Kanellis, Michael J ^c   Heller, Keith E ^c   Dawson, Deborah V ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Public Policy Center Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 4016 Seamans Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental claims data; Permanent first molars; Sealant effectiveness; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444469888     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0342     Document Type: Article

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