Approaches to Arresting Dental Caries: An Update

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages ZE08-ZE11

  Sharma, Gaurav ^a   Puranik, Manjunath P ^a   Sowmya, K R ^a  

^a Government Dental College and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Arrest; Fluorides; Prevention; Silver diamine fluoride; Varnish

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE; TANNIN; TOOTHPASTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA EXTRACTION; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 84928982355     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12774.5943     Document Type: Article

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