A three-year randomized controlled trial in 6-year-old children on caries-preventive strategies in a general dental practice in the Netherlands

Caries Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 524-533

  Vermaire, J H ^a,b   Poorterman, J H G ^b   Van Herwijnen, L ^c   Van Loveren, C ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Centrum voor Tandzorg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caries prevention strategies; Children; Nex studies; Randomized controlled trial; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE VARNISH; TOOTHPASTE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DMF INDEX; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOLAR; NETHERLANDS; ORAL HYGIENE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNACKS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902028745     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: 1421976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358342     Document Type: Article

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