Dentists' decisions as to mode of preventive treatment in adolescents and young adults in Finland

Community Dental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-255

  Helminen, Sari E ^b   Vehkalahti, Miira ^c   Lammi, Riikka ^c   Ketomäki, Taina Mari ^a   Murtomaa, Heikki ^c  

^a City of Vantaa   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Prevention; Providers; Public oral health care; Treatment decisions; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY;

EID: 0033250060     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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