The Relationship between clinical tooth status and receipt of sealants among child medicaid recipients

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1862-1868

  Robison, V A ^a,d   Rozier, R G ^b   Weintraub, J A ^c   Koch, G G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dentists' decisions; Medicaid; Sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031463637     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345970760120901     Document Type: Article

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