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Preventive Dentistry

Preventive dentistry is a clinical discipline of dentistry that prioritizes preventing the onset and progression of oral diseases through evidence-based professional procedures and patient health education.

5.3K

Publications

214.3K

Citations

13.4K

Authors

2.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1K

Variants

Prophylactic Dentistry

Parents

Children

Publications

5.3K

Improving the oral health of older people: the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme

Poul Erik Petersen, Tatsuo Yamamoto · Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology · 2005 · 1.2K citations

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Surveillance for dental caries, dental sealants, tooth retention, edentulism, and enamel fluorosis : United States, 1988-1994 and 1909-2002

Ed Beltran-Aguilar · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2005 · 915 citations

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The long‐term effect of a plaque control program on tooth mortality, caries and periodontal disease in adults

Per Axelsson, B. Nyström, Jan Lindhe · Journal Of Clinical Periodontology · 2004 · 890 citations · Full text

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The effect of mouthrinses and topical application of chlorhexidine on the development of dental plaque and gingivitis in man

Harald Löe, C. Rindom Schiött · Journal of Periodontal Research · 1970 · 862 citations

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The global increase in dental caries. A pending public health crisis.

Franklin Garcı́a-Godoy, A R Volpe · PubMed · 2009 · 753 citations

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Authors

13.4K

  1. EC
    Edward Chin Man Lo

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    47 publications · 4.1K citations

    31

    h-index

  2. JF
    J.D.B. Featherstone

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    45 publications · 3.6K citations

    31

    h-index

  3. ST
    Svante Twetman

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    36 publications · 2.2K citations

    26

    h-index

  4. NP
    Nigel Pitts

    Dundee Dental Hospital, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 2K citations

    24

    h-index

  5. JA
    Jaime Aparecido Cury

    Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

    25 publications · 1.6K citations

    22

    h-index

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    42 h-index

    224 publications

    15.5K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    40 h-index

    160 publications

    9.5K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    40 h-index

    218 publications

    12.1K citations

  4. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    39 h-index

    165 publications

    11.5K citations

  5. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    37 h-index

    218 publications

    17.1K citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    37 h-index

    194 publications

    8.2K citations

  7. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    36 h-index

    217 publications

    10.5K citations

  8. Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    35 h-index

    212 publications

    9.6K citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 1.2K publications · 35.7K citations

    71

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  2. Caries Research

    248 publications · 12.4K citations

    64

    h-index

  3. Journal of Dental Research

    JDR · 194 publications · 13.1K citations

    63

    h-index

  4. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology

    286 publications · 12.6K citations

    56

    h-index

  5. The Journal of the American Dental Association

    JADA · 203 publications · 11.2K citations

    55

    h-index

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See also

Preventive Dentistry

Core Methods

Risk Assessment

Patient Education

Target Conditions

Evaluation