Sealants and dental caries: Dentists' perspectives on evidence-based recommendations

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1033-1040

  Tellez, Marisol ^a   Gray, S Lauren ^a   Gray, Sarah ^a   Lim, Sungwoo ^a   Ismail, Amid I ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early carious lesions; Evidence based recommendations; Sealants

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053397205     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0324     Document Type: Article

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