The use of pit and fissure sealants

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Feigal, Robert J ^a   Donly, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fissure sealants; Pediatric dentistry; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENAMEL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL;

EID: 33745028206     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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