Prevalence and impact of oral pain in 8-year-old children in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-112

  Ratnayake, N ^a   Ekanayake, L ^b  

^a Dental Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; ORAL PAIN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 16344362282     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2005.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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