Comparing caries risk factors and risk profiles between children and elderly

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 119-128

  Petersson, Gunnel Hänsel ^a   Fure, Solveig ^b   Twetman, Svante ^c   Bratthall, Douglas ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries risk; Caries risk assessment; Cariogram; Children; Elderly

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 4944230030     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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