General practitioners' use of cariespreventive agents in adult patients versus pediatric patients Findings from the Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 679-687

  Riley III, Joseph L ^a,b   Gordan, Valeria V ^a,c   Brad Rindal, D ^a,d   Fellows, Jefffrey L ^a,e   Dale Williams, O ^a,f   Ritchie, Lloyd K ^a,g   Gilbert, Gregg H ^a,h  

^a Dental Practice Based Research Network Collaborative Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^d HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g NONE

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Caries risk assessment; Dental sealants; Evidence based dentistry; Fluoride; Preventive dentistry; Private practice; Saliva; Tooth; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; MOUTHWASH; SWEETENING AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SELF CARE; SWEETENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; XYLITOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953837890     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0258     Document Type: Article

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