Journal of Dentistry
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 676-681 , October 2006

Caries experience variables as indicators in caries risk assessment in 6–7-year-old Chinese children

  • Qi Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education and Department of Endodontics, Luoyu Road 237, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430079, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 27 61032908; fax: +86 27 87647443.
    • ,
  • W.H. van Palenstein Helderman

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Center for Oral Health Care Planning and Future Scenarios, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 27 September 2005 ,Revised 17 December 2005 ,Accepted 19 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2005.12.010

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 34, Issue 9 , Pages 676-681 , October 2006

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