Perception of treatment need among orthodontic patients compared with professionals

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-302

  Petersen, Bent ^a   Dahlström, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malocclusions; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032177933     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163598428482     Document Type: Article

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