Policy statement - Early childhood caries in indigenous communities

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1190-1198

  Wong, Sam ^a   Abelson, William ^a   Banerji, Anna ^a   Baydala, Lola ^a   Jetty, Radha ^a   Schroter, Heide ^a   Moore, Kelly Roberta ^a   Bell, Joseph T ^a   Brown, Ryan David ^a   Etzel, Ruth Ann ^a   Green, William Frederick ^a   Hoffman, Benjamin D ^a   Eagle, Sara Juanita Jumping ^a   Ponder, Stephen Winfield ^a   Redding, Mark M ^a   Volck, Brian Edward ^a   Waldron, Debra B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

American Indians; Dental caries; Early childhood caries; First nations; Indigenous; Oral health

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; SEALANT;

CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROWDING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; DENTITION; EATING HABIT; FAMILY SIZE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAID; MOUTH HYGIENE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTHBRUSH; WELLBEING;

EID: 79957894474     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0847     Document Type: Review

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