Mother and youth access (MAYA) maternal chlorhexidine, counselling and paediatric fluoride varnish randomized clinical trial to prevent early childhood caries

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-179

  Ramos Gomez, Francisco J ^a   Gansky, Stuart A ^b   Featherstone, John D B ^b   Jue, Bonnie ^b   Gonzalez Beristain, Rocio ^c   Santo, William ^b   Martinez, Ed ^c   Weintraub, Jane A ^b  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Ysidro Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; MOUTHWASH; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; CALIFORNIA; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COUNSELING; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LACTOBACILLUS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOUTHWASHES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859158875     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2011.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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