Association of chlorhexidine and fluoride for plaque control and white spot lesion remineralization in primary dentition

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 446-451

  De Amorim, Rodrigo Guedes ^a   Leal, Soraya Coelho ^a,b   Bezerra, Ana Cristina Barreto ^a   De Amorim, Fernanda Penna Lima Guedes ^a   De Toledo, Orlando Ayrton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b SCN Centro Empreserial Encol A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; PAINT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; PAINT; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 53849125838     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2008.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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