Effectiveness of sealants in adolescents with high and low caries experience

Caries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Heyduck, C ^a   Meller, C ^a   Schwahn, C ^a   Splieth, C H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries prevalence, adolescence; Sealants, effectiveness

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748302075     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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