Water fluoridation intervention: Dentistry's crown jewel or dark hour?

Fluoride

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 214-221

  Osmunson, Bill ^a  

^a Aesthetic Dentistry of Bellevue and Lake Oswego   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Fluoridation; Fluoride dental "bomb"; Tooth cusp fracture; Tooth veneers

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

BLEACHING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; ENAMEL; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE;

EID: 40949163375     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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