Determinants of self-assessed gingival health among adolescents

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-110

  Kallio, Pekka ^a   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental public health; Diagnosis; Monitoring; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031111455     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016359709115401     Document Type: Article

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