The impact of dental appearance on perceptions of personal characteristics among Chinese people in the United Kingdom

International Dental Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 282-286

  Feng, X P ^a   Newton, J T ^a   Robinson, P G ^a,b  

^a GKT Dental Institute ^*

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appearance; Dental disease; Facial characteristics; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0035431705     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2001.tb00839.x     Document Type: Article

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