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Early dental caries risk assessment and prevention in pre-school children: evaluation of a new strategy for dental care in a field study

Lill-Kari Wendt Department of Preventive Dental Care, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Jönköping, and Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, and Child and Youth Dental Care, City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ellinor Carlsson Department of Preventive Dental Care, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Jönköping, and Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, and Child and Youth Dental Care, City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Anna-Lena Hallonsten Department of Preventive Dental Care, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Jönköping, and Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, and Child and Youth Dental Care, City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dowen Birkhed Department of Preventive Dental Care, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Jönköping, and Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, and Child and Youth Dental Care, City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 261-266 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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