Therapeutic seal of approximal incipient noncavitated carious lesions: Technique and case reports

Quintessence International

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages e99-e105

  Gomez, Santiago S ^a   Onetto, Juan E ^a   Uribe, Sergio A ^a   Emilson, Claes Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approximal carious lesions; Case reports; Minimally invasive method; Pit and fissure sealant

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS;

EID: 34648814156     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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