Prevention of Dental Caries

Prepared by Donald W. Lewis, DDS, DDPH, MScD, FRCDC, Department of Community Dentistry, Univerity of Toronto, and Amid I. Ismail, BDS, MPH, DrPH, Department of Pediatric & Community Dentistry, Dalhousie University

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