Silver diamine fluoride and education to prevent and arrest root caries among community-dwelling elders

Caries Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 284-290

  Zhang, W ^a,b   McGrath, Colman ^a   Lo, E C M ^a   Li, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Education; Fluoride; Oral health; Root caries

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; MOUTHWASH; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTHWASHES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROOT CARIES; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84873395102     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346620     Document Type: Article

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