Photographic assessment of fluorosis in children from naturally fluoridated Kungsbacka and non-fluoridated Halmstad, Sweden

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Macpherson, Lorna M D ^a   Conway, David I ^a   Gilmour, W Harper ^b   Petersson, Lars G ^c   Stephen, Kenneth W ^a  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental esthetics; Dental fluorosis; Dental photography; Fluoridation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; DENTIFRICES; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; PARENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249013396     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350601137244     Document Type: Article

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