Lay attitudes to dental appearance and need for orthodontic treatment

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-277

  Stenvik, Arild ^a,b   Espeland, Lisen ^a   Linge, Brita O ^a   Linge, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Dental Faculty   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NORWAY; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NORWAY; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0031158309     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/19.3.271     Document Type: Article

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