Prevalence and patterns of caries, rampant caries, and oral health in two- to five-year-old children in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Al Malik, Manal I ^a   Holt, Ruth D ^a   Bedi, Raman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Oral health; Rampant caries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH; BREAST FEEDING; CANINE TOOTH; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MOLAR TOOTH; PARENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCISOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOLAR; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 1642282164     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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