Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 396-403 , November 2009

Update on Early Childhood Caries Since the Surgeon General's Report

  • Norman Tinanoff, DDS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Norman Tinanoff, DDS, MS, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland Dental School, 650 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
    • ,
  • Susan Reisine, PhD

Received 5 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.08.006

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 396-403 , November 2009

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