Dental knowledge and attitudes among Arab schoolteachers in northern Israel

International Dental Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Sgan Cohen, Harold D ^a,b   Saadi, Samia ^a   Weissman, Amir ^a  

^a Faculty of Dental Medicine ^*

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SUGAR INTAKE; TEACHING; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIA; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; TEACHING; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0033205666     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.1999.tb00797.x     Document Type: Article

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