Endodontic status in older U.S. adults: Report of a survey

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1525-1530

  Goodis, Harold E ^a   Rossall, Jonathan Caleb ^b   Kahn, Arnold J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGING; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP CALCIFICATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035524001     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0085     Document Type: Article

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