A reassessment of recall frequency intervals for screening in low caries incidence populations

International Dental Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Tan, Ee Hong ^a   Batchelor, Paul ^a,b   Sheiham, Aubrey ^a  

^a Eastman Dental Institute ^*

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental; Increments; Recall intervals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750160653     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2006.tb00101.x     Document Type: Article

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