Early Childhood Caries: Risk-Based Disease Prevention and Management

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Ng, Man Wai ^a,b   Chase, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries risk assessment; Early childhood caries; Prevention and management; Risk based disease

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE VARNISH; XYLITOL;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL SURGERY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR INTAKE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DIETARY SUCROSE; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ORAL HYGIENE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; XYLITOL;

EID: 84869748106     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2012.09.002     Document Type: Review

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