Dental caries and enamel fluorosis among the fluoridated population in the Republic of Ireland and non fluoridated population in Northern Ireland in 2002

Community Dental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Whelton, Helen ^a   Crowley, E ^a   O'Mullane, D ^a   Donaldson, M ^a   Cronin, M ^a   Kelleher, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caries; Epidemiology; Fluoridation; Fluorosis; National survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646200320     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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