Permanent tooth loss among adults and children in Saudi Arabia

Community Dental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-280

  Al Shammery, Abdullah ^a   El Backly, Mahmoud ^a   Guile, E Ernest ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Missing teeth; Permanent tooth loss; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032248159     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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