Effect of chlorhexidine-thymol varnish on caries lesion development in first permanent molars

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-21

  Rodrigues, Célia Regina Martins Delgado ^a   Marquezan, Marcela ^a   Barroso, Lucia Pereira ^a   Grande, Rosa Helena Miranda ^a   Myaki, Silvio Issao ^b   Kabakura, Viviane ^c   Miyamura, Adriana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IBIRAPUERA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Private Practice   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; PAINT; THYMOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOLAR; PAINT; THYMOL;

EID: 42149095013     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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