The Shape of the Dose-Response Relationship between Sugars and Caries in Adults

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 167-172

  Bernabe E ^a   Vehkalahti, M M ^b   Sheiham, A ^c   Lundqvist, A ^d   Suominen, A L ^d,e,f  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

adult; cohort studies; dental caries; dietary carbohydrates; epidemiology; multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH BRUSHING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DMF INDEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES;

EID: 84955249851     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034515616572     Document Type: Article

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