Malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need of secondary school students in Nigeria according to the dental aesthetic index (DAI)

International Dental Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Otuyeml, Olayinka D ^a,b   Ogunyinka, Adeola ^a   Dosumu, Oluwole ^a   Cons, Naham C ^a   Jenny, Joanna ^a  

^a Obafemi Awolowo University ^*

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEGRO; NIGERIA; ORTHODONTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NIGERIA; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033170823     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.1999.tb00523.x     Document Type: Article

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