A survey on the risk factors for the prevalence of dental caries among preschool children in Japan

pediatric dental journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Hanada, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Tsuge, Shinpei ^c   Hayashi, Masaki ^c   Sasaki, Masahiro ^c   Yamauchi, Tetsuya ^c   Ueda, Nobuyoshi ^c   Nomura, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Gifu Dental Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lactobacilli; Mutans streptococci; Preschool children; Risk factors; Saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009541421     PISSN: 09172394     EISSN: 18803997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11411/pdj.14.79     Document Type: Article

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