An investigation of factors influencing patients' use of new complete dentures using structural equation modelling techniques

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-140

  Fenlon, Michael Robert ^a,b   Sherriff, Martyn ^a   Walter, John Douglas ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alveolar resorption; Centric relation; Denture retention; Denture stability; Patient acceptance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTURE; EATING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE; EATING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034166907     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.028002133.x     Document Type: Article

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