Pit and fissure sealants in dental public health - Application criteria and general policy in Finland

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kervanto Seppälä, Sari ^a   Pietilä, Ilpo ^b   Meurman, Jukka H ^a   Kerosuo, Eero ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Public Dental Health Centre   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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EID: 61349117459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-9-9     Document Type: Article

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