Comparison of periodontal disease status of adults in two untreated indigenous populations of Guatemala, Central America

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 784-787

  Dowsett, S A ^a   Eckert, G J ^b   Kowolik, M J ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chronic periodontitis; Clinical attachment level; Guatemala; Pocket probing depth; Populations; Recession

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET;

EID: 0036673931     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-6979.2002.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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