Rationale and protocol for the treatment of non-cavitated smooth surface carious lesions

General Dentistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Stahl, Jonathan ^a   Zandona, Andrea Ferreira ^b  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH CERVIX;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; DENTAL FISSURES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 33847645803     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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