Declining Caries Trends: Are We Satisfied?

Current Oral Health Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 212-217

  Lagerweij, M D ^a   van Loveren, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caries; Epidemiology; Fluoride; Prevention; Socio economic status; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991080968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40496-015-0064-9     Document Type: Review

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