Caries risk profiles in 2- to 6-year-old Greek children using the Cariogram

European Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-421

  Kavvadia, Katerina ^a   Agouropoulos, Andreas ^a   Gizani, Sotiria ^a   Papagiannouli, Lisa ^a   Twetman, Svante ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caries; Cariogram; Mutans streptococci; Preschool children; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868107098     PISSN: 13057456     EISSN: 13057464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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