Variables associated with oral hygiene levels in 7-year-olds in Belgium

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-10

  Martens, L ^a,d   Vanobbergen, J ^a,c   Leroy, R ^a,b   Lesaffre, E ^b   Declerck, D ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Dental Association   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caries experience; Dental plaque; Environmental factors; Oral health habits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PLAQUE; AGE; BELGIUM; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTITION, MIXED; DIETARY SUCROSE; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 2342583451     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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