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Prevention 2: oral hygiene

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Oral Healthcare in Pregnancy and Infancy

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Different oral hygiene regimes are appropriate to different age groups. However, we cannot overemphasise the necessity for parents to be involved to a greater or lesser extent throughout childhood.

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  1. University of Wales College of Medicine Dental School, UK

    Lindsay Hunter BDS, MScD, FDSRCS (Edin) (Lecturer/Honorary Senior Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry) & Bruce Hunter BDS, DDS, FDSRCS (Edin and Eng) (Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry)

  2. University Dental Hospital NHS Trust, UK

    Bruce Hunter BDS, DDS, FDSRCS (Edin and Eng) (Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry)

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  1. Lindsay Hunter BDS, MScD, FDSRCS (Edin)
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Hunter, L., Hunter, B. (1997). Prevention 2: oral hygiene. In: Oral Healthcare in Pregnancy and Infancy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13791-6_9

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