Predictors of dental caries development in 1.5-year-old high-risk children in the Japanese public health service

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Sakuma, Shihoko ^a,b   Nakamura, Muneto ^c   Miyazaki, Hideo ^b  

^a Niigata University ^*  (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Shizuoka Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

1.5 year old children; Caries predictor of deciduous teeth; Follow up study; Public health dentistry

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CARIOGENIC DIET; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BIRTH ORDER; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 33947330958     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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