Topical use of fluorides for caries control

Monographs in Oral Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2011, Pages 115-132

  Pessan, Juliano Pelim ^a   Toumba, Kyriacos Jack ^c   Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; MOUTHWASH; TOOTHPASTE;

CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTIFRICES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84866323594     PISSN: 00770892     EISSN: 16623843     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000325154     Document Type: Review

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