Dental fluorosis and dental caries in permanent teeth: Rural schoolchildren in high-fluoride areas in the Shaanxi province, China

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 258-265

  Ruan, Jian Ping ^a,b   Yang, Zhuang Qun ^b   Wang, Zhi Lun ^b   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Bårdsen, Asgeir ^a   Bjorvatn, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caries; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Permanent teeth; Water

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TOOTH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHILD; CHINA; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27144559265     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350510019991     Document Type: Article

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