Development of a questionnaire to measure perceptions of, and concerns derived from, dental fluorosis

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-305

  Martínez Mier, E Angeles ^a   Maupomé, Gerardo ^b   Soto Rojas, Armando E ^a,c   Ureña Cirett, José L ^c   Katz, Barry P ^a,d   Stookey, George K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c Universidad Intercontinental   (Mexico)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic concerns; Dental fluorosis; Discolourations; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MEXICO; PARENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOOTH COLOR; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 10044261037     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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