The relationship between dental caries and dental fluorosis in areas with moderate- and high-fluoride drinking water in Ethiopia

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 337-344

  Wondwossen, Fantaye ^a,b,c   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^a   Bjorvatn, Kjell ^a   Bårdsen, Asgeir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Endemic fluorosis; Ethiopia; Rift Valley villages; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 6044224677     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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