Attitudes to malocclusion among 18- and 35-year-old Norwegians

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 390-393

  Stenvik, Arild ^a   Espeland, Lisen ^a   Berset, Gry P ^a   Eriksen, Harald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult concerns; Malocclusion; Orthodontic treatment need; Psychosocial need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NORWAY; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL MODELS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NORWAY; ORTHODONTICS; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030334101     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00885.x     Document Type: Article

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