Utilization of toothpaste and fluoride content in toothpaste manufactured in Tanzania

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 293-299

  Kikwilu, Emil N ^a   Frencken, Jo E ^b,c   Mulder, Jan ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health Care Planning and Future Scenarios

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic package of oral care; Fluoride concentration; Fluoride toothpaste; Oral hygiene; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL PATIENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TOOTH BRUSHING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649084043     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350802297748     Document Type: Article

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