A Method for Determining Patient Oral Care Skills: The University of Mississippi Oral Hygiene Index

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1176-1180

  Silberman, Stephen L ^a   Le Jeune, Ronald C ^a   Serio, Francis G ^a   Devidas, Meenakshi ^a   Davidson, Lisa ^a   Vernon, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental health education; Home care; Index; Oral hygiene; Patient education; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUTH HYGIENE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED STATES;

CALIBRATION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MISSISSIPPI; MOTOR SKILLS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING;

EID: 0032176729     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.10.1176     Document Type: Article

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