Developmental enamel defects and their association with dental caries in preschoolers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Farsi, Najat ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Caries; Developmental enamel defects; Hypoplasia; Opacities; Primary dentition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77953085572     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a18831     Document Type: Article

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