Dentists' and parents' perceptions of health, esthetics, and treatment of maxillary primary incisors

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Woo, Dawn ^a   Sheller, Barbara ^b   Williams, Bryan ^b   Mancl, Lloyd ^c   Grembowski, David ^c  

^a Regional Medical Center ^*

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Esthetics; Parent Perception; Primary Teeth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TRUST;

EID: 17944383412     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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