Michaela Goodwin1, Laura MacKay1, Tanya Walsh1

  • 1Division of Dentistry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, M15 6SE, Manchester, UK.

Caries research
|May 23, 2024
PubMed
概括

一个有针对性的牙刷和牙膏计划并没有显著减少牙科全科医疗麻醉 (DGA) 下的牙提取转诊的高风险儿童. 与这些家庭的通常护理相比,这种牙科干预没有显示出临床上有意义的差异.

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