Correlates of dental caries in 12-year-old children in Europe: A cross-sectional analysis

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Downer, Martin C ^a,b,d   Drugan, C S ^c   Blinkhorn, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dental caries; National wealth; Population per dentist; Sugar consumption; Toothpaste sales

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUGAR INTAKE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTS; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 46649093813     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2195Downer09     Document Type: Article

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