Office-based preventive dental program and statewide trends in dental caries

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Achembong, Leo N ^a   Kranz, Ashley M ^b   Rozier, R Gary ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Early childhood; Fluoride varnish; Prevention; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DENTAL CARIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD; FLUORIDE VARNISH; PREVENTION; PRIMARY CARE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; OFFICE VISITS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898758304     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2561     Document Type: Article

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