Restorative treatments received by children covered by a universal, publicly financed, dental insurance plan

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Ismail, Amid ^a   Brodeur, Jean Marc ^b   Gagnon, Pierre ^c   Payette, Martin ^d   Picard, Daniel ^d   Hamalian, Talia ^e   Olivier, Marie ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dental caries diagnosis; Restorative decisions; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 0031435499     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1997.tb02468.x     Document Type: Article

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