Dental caries experience of Kuwaiti kindergarten schoolchildren

Community Dental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Al Mutawa, S A ^a   Shyama, Maddi ^a   Al Duwairi, Y ^a   Soparkar, P ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Kindergarten schoolchildren; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650526062     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2520-Shyama05     Document Type: Article

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