Clinical outcomes for Severe Early Childhood Caries

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-173

  Karp, Jeffrey M ^a   Berkowitz, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood caries; General anesthesia; Mutans streptococci; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE; IODINE; KANAMYCIN; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM IODIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SEVERE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 54849426217     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339608785855965     Document Type: Review

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