Five-Year Incidence Rates and Intraoral Distribution of Root Caries among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Caries Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Lawrence, Herenia P ^a   Hunt, Ronald J ^a   Beck, James D ^a   Davies, Glenn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Blacks; Follow up study; Gingival recession; Root caries epidemiology; Whites

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TOOTH ROOT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CUSPID; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROOT CARIES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0030346381     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262156     Document Type: Article

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