Is 75 percent of dental caries really found in 25 percent of the population?

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Macek, Mark D ^a   Heller, Keith E ^b   Selwitz, Robert H ^c   Manz, Michael C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Dental caries; Dental health survey; United States

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLOTS AND CURVES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342579476     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2004.tb02721.x     Document Type: Article

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