Outcome of an oral health outreach programme for preschool children in a low socioeconomic multicultural area

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-90

  Wennhall, Inger ^a,b   Matsson, Lars ^a   Schröder, Ulla ^a,b   Twetman, Svante ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SWEDEN; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749096198     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2007.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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