Evidence-Based Caries, Risk Assessment, and Treatment

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-161

  Fontana, Margherita ^a   Young, Douglas A ^b   Wolff, Mark S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Evidence base; Management; Risk assessment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 59649122378     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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