Prevalence and extent of dental caries, dental fluorosis, and developmental enamel defects in Lithuanian teenage populations with different fluoride exposures

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-160

  MacHiulskiene, Vita ^a   Baelum, Vibeke ^b   Fejerskov, Ole ^b   Nyvad, Bente ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Developmental defects; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DMF INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 62549157319     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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