Effects of fluoride tablets on caries and fluorosis occurrence among 6- to 9-year olds using fluoridated salt

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-323

  Meyer Lueckel, H ^a   Grundmann, E ^b   Stang, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

caries prevention; defs; epidemiology; fluoride tablets; salt fluoridation; TSIF

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; PARENT; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; TABLET; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE;

BERLIN; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXFOLIATION; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 77954445147     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2010.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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