A prospective study of sealant application in Navy recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-109

  Leal, Francisco R ^a   Forgas Brockmann, Lorraine ^b   Simecek, John ^c   Cohen, Mark E ^c   Meyer, Daniel M ^d  

^a Naval Dental Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^d AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOLAR TOOTH; NAVY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 2642680863     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.2.107     Document Type: Article

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