Risk indicators and risk predictors of dental caries in schoolchildren

The purpose of this study was to identify risk indicators of high caries level at baseline (HCLB) based on cross-sectional data and predictors of high caries increment (HCI) based on a 7-year-follow-up examination in 6-8-year-old schoolchildren. Two hundred and six schoolchildren were examined in 19...

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Main Authors: Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Marcelo de Castro Meneghim, Antonio Carlos Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572008000600010