Perceived need for dental care among dentate older individuals in Sri Lanka

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Ekanayake, Lilani ^a   Perera, Irosha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Dental Institute   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ohip 14 scale; Older individuals; Oral impacts; Perceived need

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344443672     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb01650.x     Document Type: Article

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