Atraumatic dental treatment among Finnish elderly persons

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 435-440

  Honkala, S ^a,b   Honkala, E ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) technique; Dental caries; Dentate elderly; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; ENDODONTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SCALING; DMF INDEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY); ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0036560527     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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