Extent and provision of orthodontic services for children and adolescents in Finland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-155

  Pietilä, Terttu ^a,e   Pietilä, Lipo ^a   Widström, Eeva ^b   Varrela, Juha ^c   Alanen, Pentti ^d  

^a Varkaus Health Centre   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e Varkaus Health Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental public health; Finland; Orthodontic appliances; Orthodontic manpower; Orthodontic services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALOCCLUSION; ODDS RATIO; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTICS; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031114617     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00913.x     Document Type: Article

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