Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

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Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Iheozor Ejiofor, Zipporah ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^a   Walsh, Tanya ^a   O'Malley, Lucy ^a   Clarkson, Jan E ^b   Macey, Richard ^a   Alam, Rahul ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^d   Welch, Vivian ^e   Glenny, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DMFT INDEX; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PERMANENT TOOTH; PRIMARY DENTITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECONDARY DENTITION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HEALTH SURVEY; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTION BIAS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84957793314     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010856.pub2     Document Type: Review

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