A review on prevention and treatment of post-orthodontic white spot lesions - evidence-based methods and emerging technologies

Open Dentistry Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-162

  Bergstrand, Fredrik ^a   Twetman, Svante ^b,c  

^a Private Practice of Chiropractic   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Maxillofacial Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decalcification; Fixed appliances; Fluoride; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555139045     PISSN: 18742106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601105010158     Document Type: Article

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