Low-fluoride dentifrice and caries lesion control in children with different caries experience: A randomized clinical trial

Caries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Lima, T J ^a   Ribeiro, C C C ^a,c   Tenuta, L M A ^b   Cury, J A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Edifício José Gonçalo Renascença II ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caries activity; Dental caries; Dentifrice; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE SODIUM; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIFRICES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 38349127615     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111749     Document Type: Article

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