Caries prevalence of permanent teeth: A national survey of children in Iceland using ICDAS

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-309

  Agustsdottir, Helga ^a   Gudmundsdottir, Holmfridur ^b,c   Eggertsson, Hafsteinn ^d   Jonsson, Stefan Hrafn ^c   Gudlaugsson, Jon Oskar ^c   Saemundsson, Sigurdur Runar ^e   Eliasson, Sigfus T ^e   Arnadottir, Inga B ^e   Holbrook, W Peter ^e  

^a Ministry of Health   (Iceland)

^b Centre for Oral Health   (Iceland)

^c Public Health Institute   (Iceland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; caries; Children; dental public health; epidemiology; ICDAS; Iceland; Significant Caries Index SiC index

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77954437977     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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