Validation of fingernail fluoride concentration as a predictor of risk for dental fluorosis

Caries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 394-400

  Buzalaf, M A R ^a   Massaro, C S ^a   Rodrigues, M H C ^a   Fukushima, R ^a   Pessan, J P ^b   Whitford, G M ^d   Sampaio, F C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Health Sciences Center   (Brazil)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Dental fluorosis; Fingernail; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; NAIL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICUSPID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; NAILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84862169358     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339088     Document Type: Article

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