Oral health status of an indigenous adult population of Central America

Community Dental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 162-166

  Dowsett, Sherie A ^a   Archila, Luis ^b,c   Kowolik, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Universidad Mariano Galvez   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Caries; Clinical attachment level; Developing country; Epidemiology; Latin America; Periodontal disease; Pocket probing depth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; STATISTICS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0035461388     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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