Associations among dental caries experience, fluorosis, and fluoride exposure from drinking water sources in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-226

  Aldosari, Abdullah M ^a   Akpata, Enosakhare S ^b   Khan, Nazeer ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

caries; fluoride levels; fluorosis; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956337895     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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