Assessing oral health outcomes for orthodontics - Measuring health status and quality of life

Community Dental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  O'Brien, Kevin ^a   Kay, Liz ^a   Fox, Deirdre ^a   Mandall, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orthodontics; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; ORAL HEALTH; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032015408     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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