Major clinical findings from a dental survey of elderly people in three different English communities

British Dental Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Steele, J G ^a   Walls, A W G ^a   Ayatollahi, S M T ^b   Murray, J J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; ROOT CARIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0030571674     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4808951     Document Type: Review

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