Determining the optimal concentration of fluoride in drinking water in Pakistan

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Khan, Ayyaz Ali ^a   Whelton, Helen ^b   O'Mullane, Denis ^b  

^a Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caries; Dose response; Fluoride concentrations; Fluorosis; Optimal

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2942733406     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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