Common dental infections in the primary care setting

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Duc Huu ^a,c   Martin, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARESTIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORIDE; HEXETIDINE; LISTERINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANATOMY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE STRUCTURE; CARIES PREVENTION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DIET RESTRICTION; ENAMEL; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULPITIS; REVIEW; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTHBRUSH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULPITIS;

EID: 42449150369     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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