Relationship between area deprivation and the anticaries benefit of an oral health programme providing free fluoride toothpaste to young children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Ellwood, R P ^a   Davies, G M ^b   Worthington, H V ^c   Blinkhorn, A S ^c   Taylor, G O ^d   Davies, R M ^a  

^a Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Fluoride toothpaste; Inequalities; Material deprivation; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FLUORIDES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 2942711623     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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