Caries and fluorosis in 6- and 9-year-old children residing in three communities in Iran

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Meyer Lueckel, H ^a   Paris, S ^a   Shirkhani, B ^a   Hopfenmuller, W ^a   Kielbassa, A M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence; Epidemiology; Fluorosis; Iran; Middle East; Public health; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; URBANIZATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 33645029907     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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