Xylitol-containing products for preventing dental caries in children and adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Riley, Philip ^a   Moore, Deborah ^a   Ahmed, Farooq ^b   Sharif, Mohammad O ^c   Worthington, Helen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE; XYLITOL; ANTICARIES AGENT; SUGAR; TABLET;

ADULT; CANDY; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PREVENTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOZENGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYRUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDY; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TABLETS; TOOTHPASTES; XYLITOL;

EID: 84942799307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010743.pub2     Document Type: Review

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