Oral health programme for preschool children: A prospective, controlled study

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-273

  Meurman, Pia ^a,b   PienihÄkkinen, Kaisu ^a   Eriksson, Anna Leena ^b   Alanen, Pentti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Turku Health Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XYLITOL;

EID: 67249143070     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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