Community water fluoridation and caries prevention: A critical review

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Pizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Piscopo, Maria R ^a   Pizzo, Ignazio ^a   Giuliana, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Fluorosis; Oral health; Systemic fluoride; Topical fluoride; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34547677925     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-007-0111-6     Document Type: Review

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