Advances in pediatric dentistry

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-432

  Yoon, Richard K ^a   Best, Jed M ^a,b  

^a College of Dental Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b PRIVATE PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries detection diagnostic imaging tools; Caries risk assessments; Dental materials; Early interventions; Pediatric procedures; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL MATERIALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79959891287     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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