Assessment, management, and prevention of early childhood caries

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Kagihara, Lynette E ^a   Niederhauser, Victoria P ^b   Stark, Marialiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory guidance; Caries risk assessment; Early childhood caries; Fluoride varnish; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149333683     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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