Evidence for putting the calculus: Caries inverse relationship to work

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 349-356

  Duckworth, Ralph M ^a,b   Huntington, Eric ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculus; Caries; Clinical trial; Toothpaste

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 26944455230     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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