Dental Caries: State of the Science for the Most Common Chronic Disease of Childhood

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-239

  Krol, David M ^a   Nedley, Michael P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547837405     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2007.03.012     Document Type: Review

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