Systematic reviews of topical fluorides for dental caries: A review of reporting practice

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-592

  Ijaz, S ^a   Croucher, R E ^a   Marinho, V C C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Topical fluoride

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PUBLISHING; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DENTAL CARIES; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, DENTAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649803490     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322132     Document Type: Article

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