Topical fluoride as a cause of dental fluorosis in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Wong, May CM ^a   Glenny, Anne Marie ^b   Tsang, Boyd WK ^a   Lo, Edward CM ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^b   Marinho, Valeria CC ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 77950904691     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007693.pub2     Document Type: Review

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