Prevalence of enamel defects and dental caries among 9-year-old Auckland children

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Schluter, Philip J ^a,b   Kanagaratnam, Sathananthan ^c   Durward, Callum S ^b,d   Mahood, Robyn ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d Faculty of Dentistry   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DMF INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 57549106400     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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