Dental fluorosis and dental caries among 12-yr-old children from high-and low-fluoride areas in Lithuania

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-142

  Narbutaite, Julija ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^b   Milčiuviene, Simona ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Denial caries; Dental fluorosis; DMFT; Drinking water; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247481049     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2007.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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