A comparison of patients attending general dental practices employing or not employing dental hygienists

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Brown, Louise Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental hygienists; Patient knowledge; Periodontics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030076363     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1996.tb05655.x     Document Type: Article

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