Relationship of dental status, sociodemographic status, and oral symptoms to perceived need for dental care

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Heft, Marc W ^a   Gilbert, Gregg H ^b   Shelton, Brent J ^b   Duncan, R Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Normative need; Older adults; Perceived need for dental care; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH MOBILITY; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0344825744     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2003.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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