Caries prevention and reversal based on the caries balance

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Featherstone, John D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demineralization; Dental caries; Preventive dentistry; Remineralization

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 33745046019     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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