Edentulousness and its rehabilitation over a 10-year period in a Finnish urban area

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Hiidenkari, Tuula ^a   Parvinen, Tuija ^a   Helenius, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complete; Cross sectional studies; Denture; Epidemiology; Jaw, edentulous; Longitudinal studies; Mouth, edentulous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031252686     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00957.x     Document Type: Article

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