Parental perception of fluorosis among 8-year-old children living in three communities in Iceland, Ireland and England

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 34-38

  Sigurjóns, Halla ^a   Cochran, Judith A ^b   Ketley, Clare E ^c   Holbrook, W Peter ^a   Lennon, Michael A ^c   O'Mullane, Denis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Dental fluorosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCISOR; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; ENGLAND; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCISOR; INTERVIEWS; IRELAND; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 2142766774     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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