Does caries prevention correspond to caries status and orthodontic care in 0- to 18-year-olds in the free public dental service?

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Helminen, Seppo K J ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caries status; Dentists' characteristics; Free public dental service; Orthodontic care; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0037331332     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ode.61.1.29.33     Document Type: Article

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