Clinical performance and survival of space maintainers: Evaluation over a period of 5 years

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-160

  Rajab, Lamis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Clinical performance; Kaplan Meier; Longevity; Space maintainers; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIFE TABLE; MALE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; SPACE MAINTENANCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH MIGRATION;

EID: 0036590841     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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