Defining dental caries for 2010 and beyond

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-440

  Fontana, Margherita ^a   Young, Douglas A ^b   Wolff, Mark S ^c   Pitts, Nigel B ^d   Longbottom, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definitions; Dental caries; Evidence base; Glossary; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTRY; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953885467     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2010.03.007     Document Type: Review

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