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Comment
. 2015 Apr;105(4):e5-6.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302601. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Adequate evidence to challenge the paradigm of dental caries prevention in early age?

Wim H van Palenstein Helderman  1 , Arie Groeneveld, Geert J van der Heijden, Cor van Loveren, Christopher J Holmgren, Habib Benzian
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Adequate evidence to challenge the paradigm of dental caries prevention in early age?

Wim H van Palenstein Helderman et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr.
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FIGURE 1—
FIGURE 1—
DMFT by synthetic birth cohort in (a) United Kingdom and (b) Sweden. Note. DMFT = decayed, missing, and filled teeth.
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  • Bernabé and Sheiham respond.
    Bernabé E, Sheiham A. Bernabé E, et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr;105(4):e7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302607. Epub 2015 Feb 25. Am J Public Health. 2015. PMID: 25713957 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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