Caries risk pyramid: A practical biological approach to caries management by risk assessment

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 165-166

  Morou Bermúdez, Evangelia ^a   Billings, Ronald J ^b   Burne, Robert A ^c   Elías Boneta, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 82155181742     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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