Epidemiology of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need of 12-13-year-old Malaysian schoolchildren

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Esa, Rashidah ^a   Razak, Ishak Abdul ^a   Allister, Joan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI); Malocclusion; Orthodontic treatment need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035293232     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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