A systematic review and meta-Analysis of the effects of fluoride toothpastes on the prevention of dental caries in the primary dentition of preschool children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Dos Santos, Ana Paula Pires ^a   Nadanovsky, Paulo ^a   De Oliveira, Branca Heloisa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child preschool; dental caries; dentition, primary; fluoride; meta Analysis; toothpastes

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHPASTES;

EID: 84872951327     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00708.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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