Prevention of dental caries in children from birth through age 5 years: US preventive services task force recommendation statement

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1102-1111

  Moyer, Virginia A ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry oral health; Preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH ERUPTION; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

DENTISTRY/ORAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901852138     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0483     Document Type: Review

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