Changes in dental fluorosis following the cessation of water fluoridation

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-204

  Clark, D Christopher ^a   Shulman, Jay D ^b   Maupomé, Gerardo ^c,d   Levy, Steven M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Dental fluorosis; Fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISOR; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CUSPID; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTIFRICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 33745884692     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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