Developmental defects of enamel in regularly attending adolescent dental patients in Scotland; prevalence and patient awareness

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-80

  Fyffe, Hazel E ^a,b   Deery, Christopher ^a   Pitts, Nigel B ^a  

^a Dental School   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Enamel defects; Regular attenders; SCOTS DDE Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 0030160445     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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