Factors associated with root caries incidence in an elderly population

Community Dental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Takano, Naoko ^a   Ando, Yuichi ^b   Yoshihara, Akihiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hideo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Longitudinal study; Risk predictors; Root caries

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

AGED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROWNS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROOT CARIES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0348110527     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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