Caries remineralisation and arresting effect in children by professionally applied fluoride treatment - a systematic review

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gao, Sherry Shiqian ^a   Zhang, Shinan ^a   Mei, May Lei ^a   Lo, Edward Chin Man ^a   Chu, Chun Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arrest; Caries; Children; Remineralisation; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE VARNISH; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILVER DIAMINE FLUORIDE; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 84957968376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-016-0171-6     Document Type: Article

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