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Direct linkGuzman-Armstrong, Sandra – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Although dental caries in the pediatric and adolescent population has consistently declined in the United States, it is still the most common childhood disease. Dental problems are the number one reason for missing school next to the common cold. Dental caries are an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Nurses, Communicable Diseases, Child Health
