Strategies for caries risk assessment in children and adolescents at public dental clinics in a Swedish county

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-140

  Sarmadi, Roxana ^a,b   Gabre, Pia ^a   Gahnberg, Lars ^b  

^a Smittskyddsenheten   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Health ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649117951     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2008.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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