Reexamination of caries and fluorosis experience of children in an area of jamaica with relatively high fluorosis prevalence

Caries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 250-253

  Meyer Lueckel, H ^a   Bitter, K ^b   Hopfenmuller, W ^c   Paris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b University School of Dental Medicine

^c Institute of Medical Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental fluorosis, prevalence; Fluorides; Jamaica; Salt fluoridation

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; JAMAICA; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALT INTAKE; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; JAMAICA; MAXILLA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SALTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549123067     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217856     Document Type: Article

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