Enamel defects and dental caries in 9-year-old children living in fluoridated and nonfluoridated areas of Auckland, New Zealand

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-259

  Kanagaratnam, Sathananthan ^b   Schluter, Philip ^a,c   Durward, Callum ^a,d   Mahood, Robyn ^b   MacKay, Tim ^e  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Faculty of Dentistry   (Cambodia)

^e Southland District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caries; Diffuse opacities; Epidemiology; Fluoridation; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TABLET;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TABLETS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 65649106128     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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