Twenty-Four Month Incidence of Root Caries among a Diverse Group of Adults

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 366-375

  Gilbert, Gregg H ^a,d   Duncan, R P ^b   Dolan, T A ^c   Foerster, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care; Longitudinal studies; Race; Root caries; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CARIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0035463181     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047476     Document Type: Article

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